Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Archibald Prize is regarded as the most important portraiture prize in Australia. It began in 1921 after a bequest from J F Archibald, the editor of The Bulletin, and is awarded annually by the Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales for "the best portrait, preferentially of some man or woman distinguished in Art, Letters, Science or Politics, painted by an artist resident in Australasia during the 12 months preceding the date fixed by the Trustees for sending in the pictures." List of Winners Year - Artist - Title 1921 - W B McInnes - Desbrowe Annear 1922 - W B McInnes - Professor Harrison Moore 1923 - W B McInnes - Portrait of a Lady 1924 - W B McInnes - Portrait of Miss Collins 1925 - John Longstaff - Portrait of Maurice Moscovitch 1926 - W B McInnes - Silk and Lace 1927 - George W Lambert - Mrs Murdoch 1928 - John Longstaff - Portrait of Dr Alexander Leeper 1929 - John Longstaff - W A Holman, KC 1930 - W 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 Hanke - Self Portrait 1935 - John Longstaff - A B ('Banjo') Patterson 1936 - W B McInnes - Dr. Julian Smith 1937 - Normand Baker - Self Portrait 1938 - Nora Heysen - Mme Elink Schuurman 1939 - Max Meldrum - The Hon G J Bell, Speaker of the House of Representatives 1940 - Max Meldrum - Dr J Forbes McKenzie 1941 - William Dargie - Sir James Elder, KBE 1942 - William Dargie - Corporal Jim Gordon, VC 1943 - William Dobell - Joshua Smith 1944 - Joshua Smith - Hon Sol Rosevear, MHR, Speaker of the House of Representatives 1945 - William Dargie - Lt-General The Hon Edmund Herring, KBC, DSO, MC, ED 1946 - William Dargie - L C Robson, MC, MA 1947 - William Dargie - Sir Marcus Clarke, KBE 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, CBE, DSO, MS, FRCS 1954 - Ivor Hele - Rt Hon R G Menzies, PC, CH, QC, MP 1955 - Ivor Hele - Robert Campbell Esq 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 I Porush 1962 - Louis Kahan - Patrick White 1963 - J Carrington Smith - Professor James McAuley 1964 - No award 1965 - Clifton Pugh - R A Henderson 1966 - Jon Molvig - Charles Blackman 1967 - Judy Cassab - Margo Lewers 1968 - William Pidgeon - Lloyd Rees 1969 - Ray Crooke - George Johnston 1970 - Eric Smith - Gruzman - Architect 1971 - Clifton Pugh - Sir John McEwen 1972 - Clifton Pugh - The Hon E G Whitlam 1973 - Janet Dawson - Michael Boddy 1974 - Sam Fullbrook - Jockey Norman Stephens 1975 - Kevin Connor - The Hon 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 1979 - Wes Walters - Portrait of Philip Adams 1980 - No award 1981 - Eric Smith - Rudy Komon 1982 - Eric Smith - Peter Sculthorpe 1983 - Nigel Thomson - Chandler Coventry 1984 - Keith Looby - Max Gillies 1985 - Guy Warren - Flugelman with Wingman 1986 - Davida Allen - Dr John Arthur McKelvey Shera 1987 - William Robinson - Equestrian Self Portrait 1988 - Fred Cress - John Beard 1989 - Bryan Westwood - Portrait of Elwyn Lynn 1990 - Geoffrey Proud - Dorothy Hewett 1991/92 - Bryan Westwood - The Prime Minister (Paul Keating) 1992/93 - Garry Shead - Tom Thompson 1993/94 - Francis Giacco - Homage to John Reichard 1995 - William Robinson - Self Portrait with Stunned Mullet 1996 - Wendy Sharpe - Self Portrait - as Diana of Erskineville 1997 - Nigel Thomson - Barbara Blackman 1998 - Lewis Miller - Portrait of Allan Mitelman No 3 1999 - Euan MacLeod - Self portrait/head like a hole 2000 - Adam Cullen - Portrait of David Wenham 2001 - Nicholas Harding - John Bell as King Lear 2002 - Cherry Hood - Simon Tedeschi Unplugged 2003 - Geoffrey Dwyer - a portrait of Richard Flanagan. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.