Dec 162022
Archibald Prize Winners – Australian Art

The Archibald Prize is one of Australia’s biggest art prizes. The award honours not only the best in portrait painting, but the people in them as well.

Regarded as the most important portraiture prize in Australia, The Archibald Prize has been awarded every year since 1921. It is named after J. F. Archibald, former editor of The Bulletin. Archibald died in 1919 and bequest money for the award. It is administered by the trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

The first Archibald Prize was awarded in 1921 for £400. In 1956 it was $1,364. By 2011 the prize had grown to $75,000. Note: the portrait on the right is the 1924 Archibald Prize Winner.

Archibald Prize Winners >>    Present to 1991     1990 to 1951     1950 to 1921 in Australia

YearArtistPainting Title
1950William DargieSir Leslie McConnan
1949Arthur J MurchBonar Dunlop
1948William DobellMargaret Olley
1947William DargieSir Marcus Clarke, Kt., K.B.E. [sic]
1946William DargieL. C. Robson, M.C., M.A..
1945William DargieLt-General The Hon Edmund Herring, KBC, DSO, MC, ED
1944Joshua SmithSpeaker, House of Representatives, Hon. JS Rosevear, MP
1943William DobellMr. Joshua Smith
1942William DargieCorporal Jim Gordon, VC
1941William DargieSir James Elder, KBE
1940Max MeldrumDr J. Forbes McKenzie
1939Max MeldrumHon G. J. Bell, C.M.G., D.S.O., V.D.,
Speaker, House of Representatives)
1938Nora HeysenMme Elink Schuurman
1937Normand Henry BakerSelf Portrait
1936William Beckwith McInnesDr Julian Smith
1935John LongstaffA. B. (‘Banjo’) Paterson
1934Henry Aloysius HankeSelf Portrait
1933Charles WheelerAmbrose Pratt
1932Ernest BuckmasterSir William Irvine
1931John LongstaffSir John Sulman
1930William Beckwith McInnesDrum-Major Harry McClelland
1929John LongstaffThe Hon. W. A. Holman, KC
1928John LongstaffDr Alexander Leeper
1927George Washington LambertMrs Murdoch
1926William Beckwith McInnesSilk and Lace (Miss Esther Paterson)
1925John LongstaffMaurice Moscovitch
1924William Beckwith McInnesMiss Collins
1923William Beckwith McInnesPortrait of a Lady
1922William Beckwith McInnesProfessor Harrison Moore
1921William Beckwith McInnesDesbrowe Annear

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