Archibald Prize

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The Archibald Prize has been awarded annually in Australia since 1921 and was donated by JF Archibald (1856–1919), editor of the weekly magazine The Bulletin .

background

The award is considered to be the most important award in the field of portrait painting in Australia. The Archibald Prize is supported by the Art Gallery of New South Wales managed and 75,000 AUD doped. Only artists who have lived in Australia for at least one year prior to submitting a portrait "of a man or a woman" are eligible. Every year around 700 pictures are submitted, of which around 40 are then displayed in the final. Only one work may be submitted annually by each artist. In 1964 and 1980, the prize was not awarded because no portraits were submitted that met the requirements. In addition to the main prize, awards are also given in the two categories People's Choice Award (since 1988) and Packing Room Prize (since 1991).

Prize winners and their works

  • 1921: William B. McInnes - Desbrowe Annear
  • 1922: William B. McInnes - Prof. Harrison Moore
  • 1923: William B. McInnes - Portrait of a Lady
  • 1924: William B. McInnes - Miss Collins
  • 1925: John Longstaff - Maurice Moscovitch
  • 1926: William B. McInnes - Miss Esther Patterson
  • 1927: George Washington Lambert - Mrs. Murdoch
  • 1928: John Longstaff - Dr. Alexander Leeper
  • 1929: John Longstaff - The hon. William Arthur Holman, KC
  • 1930: William B. McInnes - Drum Major Harry McClelland
  • 1931: John Longstaff - Sir John Sulman
  • 1932: Ernest Buckmaster - Sir William Irvine
  • 1933: Charles Wheeler - Ambrose Pratt
  • 1934: Henry Aloysius Hanke - Self-Portrait
  • 1935: John Longstaff - Andrew Barton Paterson
  • 1936: William B. McInnes - Dr. Julian Smith
  • 1937: Normand Baker - Self-Portrait
  • 1938: Nora Heysen - Mme Elink Schuurman
  • 1939: Max Meldrum - Hon. GJ Bell, CMG, DSO
  • 1940: Max Meldrum - Dr. J. Forbes McKenzie
  • 1941: William Dargie - Sir James Elder
  • 1942: William Dargie - Corporal Jim Gordon, VC
  • 1943: William Dobell - Mr. Joshua Smith
  • 1944: Joshua Smith - Hon. JS Rosevear, MP
  • 1945: William Dargie - Lt.-General Edmund Herring
  • 1946: William Dargie - LC Robson, MC, MA
  • 1947: William Dargie - Sir Marcus Clarke
  • 1948: William Dobell - Margaret Olley
  • 1949: Arthur Murch - Bonar Dunlop
  • 1950: William Dargie - Sir Leslie McConnan
  • 1951: Ivor Hele - Laurie Thomas
  • 1952: William Dargie - Mr. Essington Lewis, CH
  • 1953: Ivor Hele - Sir Henry Simpson Newland
  • 1954: Ivor Hele - Hon. Robert Menzies , PC, MP.
  • 1955: Ivor Hele - Robert Campbell
  • 1956: William Dargie - Mr. Albert Namatjira
  • 1957: Ivor Hele - Self-Portrait
  • 1958: William Pidgeon - Mr. Ray Walker
  • 1959: William Dobell - Dr. Edward MacMahon
  • 1960: Judy Cassab - Stanislaus Rapotec
  • 1961: William Pidgeon - Rabbi Dr. Israel Porush
  • 1962: Louis Kahan - Patrick White
  • 1963: Jack Carrington Smith - Prof. James McAuley
  • 1964: Not awarded
  • 1965: Clifton Pugh - Henderson RA, Esq.
  • 1966: Jon Molvig - Charles Blackman
  • 1967: Judy Cassab - Margo Lewers
  • 1968: William Pidgeon - Lloyd Rees
  • 1969: Ray Crooke - George Johnston
  • 1970: Eric John Smith - Gruzman, architect
  • 1971: Clifton Pugh - Sir John McEwan
  • 1972: Clifton Pugh - Hon. EG Whitlarn
  • 1973: Janet Dawson - Michael Boddy
  • 1974: Sam Fulbrook - jockey Norman Stephens
  • 1975: Kevin Connor - Sir Frank Kitto, KBE
  • 1976: Brett Whiteley - Self-Portrait in the Studio
  • 1977: Kevin Connor - Robert Klippel
  • 1978: Brett Whiteley - Art, life, and the other thing (self-portrait)
  • 1979: Wes Walters - Portrait of Philip Adams
  • 1980: Not awarded
  • 1981: Eric John Smith - Rudy Common
  • 1982: Eric John Smith - Peter Sculthorpe
  • 1983: Nigel Thomson - Chandler Coventry
  • 1984: Keith Looby - Max Gillies
  • 1985: Guy Warren - Flugelman with Wingman
  • 1986: David Allen - Dr. John Arthur McKelvie Shera
  • 1987: William Robinson - Equestrian Self-Portrait
  • 1988:
  • 1989: Bryan Westwood - Portrait of Elwyn Lynn
  • 1990: Geoffrey Proud - Dorothy Hewitt
  • 1991/92: Bryan Westwood - The Prime Minister
  • 1993: Garry Shead - Tom Thompson
  • 1994: Francis Giacco - Homage to John Reichard
  • 1995: William Robinson - Self-Portrait with stunnes mullet
  • 1996: Wendy Sharpe - Self-Portrait as "Diana of Erskineville"
  • 1997: Nigel Thomson - Barbara Blackman
  • 1998: Lewis Miller - Portrait of Allan Mitelman
  • 1999: Euan MacLeod - Head like a hole (self-portrait)
  • 2000: Adam Cullen - Portrait of David Wenham
  • 2001: Nicholas Harding - John Bell as "King Lear"
  • 2002: Cherry Hood - Simon Tedeschi, unplugged
  • 2003: Geoffrey Dyer - Richard Flanagan
  • 2004: Craig Ruddy - David Gulpilil, Two Worlds
  • 2005: John Olsen - Self-Portrait, Janus-faced
  • 2006: Marcus Wills - The Paul Juraszek Monolith
  • 2007: John Beard - Janet Laurence
  • 2008: Del Kathryn Barton - Self-Portrait
  • 2009: Guy Maestri - Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
  • 2010: Sam Leach - Tim Minchin
  • 2011: Ben Quilty - Margaret Olley
  • 2012: Tim Storrier - The historic wayfarer
  • 2013: Del Kathryn Barton - Hugo
  • 2014: Fiona Lowry - Penelope Seidler
  • 2015: Nigel Milsom - The white bird (Judo House pt. 6)
  • 2016: Louise Hearman - Barry
  • 2017: Mitch Cairns - Agatha Gothe-Snape

Winner portraits in the main category (selection)

  • William Beckwith McInnes portrait of Miss Collins , winner 1924

  • Dr Alexander Leeper by John Longstaff , winner 1928

  • John Sulman, portrayed by John Longstaff, winner 1931

  • Banjo Paterson , portrayed by John Longstaff, winner 1935

  • The hon. Edmund Herring , portrait of William Dargie, winner 1945

Web links

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