List of Archibald Prize winners

This is a list of winners of the annual Archibald Prize for portraiture, first awarded in 1921.

Year	No. of Finalists	Artist	Title	Subject	Notes
1921	45	W B McInnes	Desbrowe Annear	Harold Desbrowe-Annear	^[1]
1922	53	W B McInnes	Professor Harrison Moore	William Harrison Moore	^[2]
1923	50	W B McInnes	Portrait of a Lady		^[3]
1924	40	W B McInnes	Miss Collins	Gladys Neville Collins	^[4]
1925	74	John Longstaff	Maurice Moscovitch	Maurice Moscovitch	^[5]
1926	58	W B McInnes	Silk and Lace (Miss Esther Paterson)	Esther Paterson	^[6]
1927	56	George W. Lambert	Mrs Annie Murdoch	Annie Murdoch	^[7]
1928	66	John Longstaff	Dr Alexander Leeper	Alexander Leeper	^[8]
1929	75	John Longstaff	The Hon W A Holman, KC	William Holman	^[9]
1930	67	W B McInnes	Drum-Major Harry McClelland	Harry McClelland	^[10]
1931	74	John Longstaff	Sir John Sulman	John Sulman	^[11]
1932	70	Ernest Buckmaster	Sir William Irvine	William Irvine	^[12]
1933		Charles Wheeler	Ambrose Pratt	Ambrose Pratt	^[13]
1934	92	Henry Hanke	Self Portrait	Henry Hanke	^[14]
1935	120	John Longstaff	AB (Banjo) Paterson	Banjo Paterson	^[15]
1936	137	W B McInnes	Dr Julian Smith	Julian Smith	^[16]
1937	141	Normand Baker	Self portrait	Normand Baker	^[17]
1938	145	Nora Heysen	Mme Elink Schuurman	Adine Michele Elink Schuurman	^[18]
1939	135	Max Meldrum	Hon G J Bell, C.M.G., D.S.O., V.D., (Speaker, House of Representatives)	George John Bell	^[19]
1940	156	Max Meldrum	Dr J Forbes McKenzie	Forbes McKenzie	^[20]
1941	133	William Dargie	Sir James Elder, KBE	Sir James Elder	^[21]
1942	111	William Dargie	Corporal Jim Gordon, VC	Jim Gordon	^[22]
1943	148	William Dobell	Mr Joshua Smith	Joshua Smith	^[23]
1944	185	Joshua Smith	Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. J. S. Rosevear, M.P.	Sol Rosevear	^[24]
1945	197	William Dargie	Lt-General The Hon Edmund Herring, KBC, DSO, MC, ED	Edmund Herring	^[25]
1946	80	William Dargie	L C Robson, MC, MA	Robson	^[26]
1947	84	William Dargie	Sir Marcus Clark, Kt., K.B.E. [sic]	Reginald Marcus Clark	^[27]
1948	81	William Dobell	Margaret Olley	Margaret Olley	^[28]
1949	81	Arthur Murch	Bonar Dunlop	Bonar Dunlop	^[29]
1950	86	William Dargie	Sir Leslie McConnan	Leslie McConnan	^[30]
1951	92	Ivor Hele	Laurie Thomas	Thomas	^[31]
1952	83	William Dargie	Mr Essington Lewis, CH	Essington Lewis	^[32]
1953	72	Ivor Hele	Sir Henry Simpson Newland, CBE, DSO, MS, FRCS	Henry Simpson Newland	^[33]
1954	77	Ivor Hele	Rt. Hon. R. G. Menzies, P.C., C.H., Q.C., M.P.	Robert Menzies	^[34]
1955	88	Ivor Hele	Robert Campbell Esq	Robert Campbell	^[35]
1956	61	William Dargie	Mr Albert Namatjira	Albert Namatjira	^[36]
1957	69	Ivor Hele	Self portrait	Ivor Hele	^[37]
1958	66	William Pidgeon	Mr Ray Walker	Walker	^[38]
1959	66	William Dobell	Dr Edward MacMahon	MacMahon	^[39]
1960	80	Judy Cassab	Stanislaus Rapotec	Stanislav Rapotec	^[40]
1961	61	William Pidgeon	Rabbi Dr I. Porush	Israel Porush	^[41]
1962	81	Louis Kahan	Patrick White	Patrick White	^[42]
1963	65	Jack Carington Smith	Professor James McAuley	James McAuley	^[43]
1964		No Award			^[44]
1965	63	Clifton Pugh	RA Henderson, Esq	Rupert "Rags" Henderson	^[45]
1966	71	Jon Molvig	Charles Blackman	Charles Blackman	^[46]
1967	41	Judy Cassab	Margo Lewers	Margo Lewers	^[47]
1968	141	William Pidgeon	Lloyd Rees	Lloyd Rees	^[48]
1969	71	Ray Crooke	George Johnston	George Johnston	^[49]
1970	15	Eric Smith	Gruzman – architect	Neville Gruzman	^[50]
1971	17	Clifton Pugh	Sir John McEwen	John McEwen	^[51]
1972	53	Clifton Pugh	The Hon E.G. Whitlam	Gough Whitlam	^[52]
1973	53	Janet Dawson	Michael Boddy	Michael Boddy	^[53]
1974	50	Sam Fullbrook	Jockey Norman Stephens	Norman Stephens	^[54]
1975	40	Kevin Connor	The Hon Sir Frank Kitto, KBE	Frank Kitto	^[55]
1976	29	Brett Whiteley	Self portrait in the studio	Brett Whiteley	^[56]
1977	35	Kevin Connor	Robert Klippel	Robert Klippel	^[57]
1978	39	Brett Whiteley	Art, Life and the other thing	Brett Whiteley	^[58]
1979	35	Wes Walters	Portrait of Phillip Adams	Phillip Adams	^[59]
1980		No Award			^[60]
1981	24	Eric Smith	Rudy Komon	Rudy Komon	^[61]
1982	26	Eric Smith	Peter Sculthorpe	Peter Sculthorpe	^[62]
1983	28	Nigel Thomson	Chandler Coventry	Chandler Coventry	^[63]
1984	27	Keith Looby	Max Gillies	Max Gillies	^[64]
1985	25	Guy Warren	Flugelman with Wingman	Bert Flugelman	^[65]
1986	26	Davida Allen	Dr John Arthur McKelvey Shera	Shera	^[66]
1987	26	William Robinson	Equestrian Self Portrait	William Robinson	^[67]
1988	25	Fred Cress	John Beard	John Stanley Beard	^[68]
1989	24	Bryan Westwood	Portrait of Elwyn Lynn	Elwyn Lynn	^[69]
1990	31	Geoffrey Proud	Dorothy Hewett	Dorothy Hewett	^[70]
1991/92		Bryan Westwood	The Prime Minister	Paul Keating	^[71]
1993	27	Garry Shead	Tom Thompson	Tom Thompson	^[72]
1994	32	Francis Giacco	Homage to John Reichard	Reichard	^[73]
1995	28	William Robinson	Self Portrait with Stunned Mullet	William Robinson	^[74]
1996	32	Wendy Sharpe	Self Portrait – as Diana of Erskineville	Wendy Sharpe	^[75]
1997	31	Nigel Thomson	Barbara Blackman	Barbara Blackman	^[76]
1998	29	Lewis Miller	Portrait of Allan Mitelman No 3	Allan Mitelman	^[77]
1999	33	Euan Macleod	Self-portrait/head like a hole	Euan Macleod	^[78]
2000	48	Adam Cullen	Portrait of David Wenham	David Wenham	^[79]
2001	31	Nicholas Harding	John Bell as King Lear	John Bell	^[80]
2002	31	Cherry Hood	Simon Tedeschi unplugged	Simon Tedeschi	^[81]
2003	32	Geoffrey Dyer	Richard Flanagan	Richard Flanagan	^[82]
2004	40	Craig Ruddy	David Gulpilil, two worlds	David Gulpilil	^[83]
2005	36	John Olsen	Self portrait Janus Faced	John Olsen	^[84]
2006	36	Marcus Wills	The Paul Juraszek Monolith (after Marcus Gheeraerts)	Paul Juraszek	^[85]
2007	41	John Beard	Janet Laurence	Janet Laurence	^[86]
2008	40	Del Kathryn Barton	You are what is most beautiful about me, a self portrait with Kell and Arella	Del Kathryn Barton	^[87]
2009	39	Guy Maestri	Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu	Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu	^[88]
2010	34	Sam Leach	Tim Minchin	Tim Minchin	^[89]
2011	41	Ben Quilty	Margaret Olley	Margaret Olley	^[90]
2012	41	Tim Storrier	The Histrionic Wayfarer (after Bosch) (Self portrait)	Tim Storrier	^[91]
2013	39	Del Kathryn Barton	hugo	Hugo Weaving	^[92]
2014	54	Fiona Lowry	Penelope Seidler	Penelope Seidler	^[93]
2015	47	Nigel Milsom	Judo house pt 6 (the white bird)	Charles Waterstreet	^[94]
2016	51	Louise Hearman	Barry	Barry Humphries	^[95]
2017	43	Mitch Cairns	Agatha Gothe-Snape	Agatha Gothe-Snape	^[96]
2018	57	Yvette Coppersmith	Self-portrait, after George Lambert	Yvette Coppersmith	^[97]
2019	51	Tony Costa	Lindy Lee	Lindy Lee	^[98]
2020	51	Vincent Namatjira	Stand Strong for Who You Are	Adam Goodes	^[99]
2021	52	Peter Wegner	Portrait of Guy Warren at 100	Guy Warren	^[100]
2022	52	Blak Douglas	Moby Dickens	Karla Dickens	^[101]
2023	57	Julia Gutman	Head in the sky, feet on the ground	Montaigne	^[102]
2024	57	Laura Jones	Tim Winton	Tim Winton	^[103]
2025	57	Julie Fragar	Flagship Mother Multiverse (Justene)	Justene Williams	^[104]

Year	Artist	Title	Subject	Notes
1991/92	Greg Bridges	Gareth Evans	Gareth Evans	(not selected as a finalist)^[105]
1993	Angelika Erbsland	Colin Hayes OBE and friend	Colin Hayes	(not selected as a finalist)^[106]
1994	Peter Robertson	Kate Ceberano	Kate Ceberano	^[107]
1995	Danelle Bergstrom	Jon English	Jon English	(not selected as a finalist)^[108]
1996	Paul Newton	John Laws	John Laws	^[109]
1997	Bill Leak	Tex (Perkins)	Tex Perkins	^[110]
1998	Kerrie Lester	Self portrait as a bridesmaid	Kerrie Lester	^[111]
1999	Deny Christian	Garry McDonald	Garry McDonald	(not selected as a finalist)^[112]
2000	Bill Leak	'Are you with me': portrait of Sir Les Patterson	Sir Les Patterson	^[113]
2001	Paul Newton	Roy and HG (John Doyle and Greig Pickhaver)	Roy and HG	^[114]
2002	Jan Williamson	Jenny Morris – singer/songwriter	Jenny Morris	^[115]
2003	Jan Williamson	Rachel Ward	Rachel Ward	^[116]
2004	Evert Ploeg	Jana Wendt	Jana Wendt	^[117]
2005	Jason Benjamin	Staring down the past	Bill Hunter	^[118]
2006	Michael Mucci	A working class man	Scott Cam	^[119]
2007	Danelle Bergstrom	Take two – Jack Thompson	Jack Thompson	^[120]
2008	Martin Ball	Neil Finn	Neil Finn	^[121]
2009	Paul Jackson	Flacco's chariot	Paul Livingston	^[122]
2010	Nafisa Naomi	Glenn in black & white	Glenn A. Baker	^[123]
2011	Vincent Fantauzzo	Matt Moran	Matt Moran	^[124]
2012	Raelene Sharp	A Strength of Character	John Wood	^[125]
2013	Mathew Lynn	Tara Moss	Tara Moss	^[126]
2014	Tim Storrier	The Member, Dr Sir Leslie Colin Patterson KCB AO	Sir Les Patterson	^[127]
2015	Bruno Jean Grasswill	Michael Caton	Michael Caton	^[128]
2016	Betina Fauvel-Ogden	George Calombaris, masterchef	George Calombaris	^[129]
2017	Peter Smeeth	Lisa Wilkinson AM	Lisa Wilkinson	^[130]
2018	Jamie Preisz	Jimmy (title fight)	Jimmy Barnes	^[131]
2019	Tessa MacKay	Through the looking glass	David Wenham	^[132]
2020	Meyne Wyatt	Meyne	Meyne Wyatt	^[133]
2021	Kathrin Longhurst	Kate	Kate Ceberano	^[134]
2022	Claus Stangl		Taika Waititi	^[135]
2023	Andrea Huelin	Clown jewels	Cal Wilson	^[136]
2024	Matt Adnate	Rhythms of heritage	Baker Boy	^[137]
2025	Abdul Abdullah	No mountain high enough	Jason Phu	^[138]

Year	Artist	Title	Subject	Notes
1988	Fred Cress	John Beard	John Stanley Beard	^[139]^[68]
1989	Vladas Meškėnas	Donald Friend 1989	Donald Friend	^[140]
1990	Reg Campbell	Self-portrait	Reg Campbell	^[141]
1991/92	Robert Hannaford	Portrait of Hugh Stretton	Hugh Stretton	^[142]
1993	Jennifer Little	Victor Sellu	Victor Sellu	^[143]
1994	Bill Leak	Malcolm Turnbull	Malcolm Turnbull	^[144]
1995	Josonia Palaitis	Bill Leak	Bill Leak	^[145]
1996	Robert Hannaford	Self-portrait	Robert Hannaford	^[146]
1997	Mathew Lynn	Jeanne Ryckmans	Jeanne Ryckmans	Highly Commended^[147]
1998	Robert Hannaford	Rolf Prince	Rolf Prince	^[148]
1999	Evert Ploeg	Deborah Mailman	Deborah Mailman	^[149]
2000	Esther Erlich	Never been better (portrait of Bill Leak)	Bill Leak	^[150]
2001	Paul Newton	Roy and HG (John Doyle and Greig Pickhaver)	Roy and HG	^[151]
2002	Jan Williamson	Jenny Morris – singer/songwriter	Jenny Morris	^[152]
2003	Dalu Zhao	'Lao Fei' Stephen FitzGerald	Stephen FitzGerald	^[153]
2004	Craig Ruddy	David Gulpilil, two worlds	David Gulpilil	^[154]^[83]
2005	Nicholas Harding	Bob's Daily Swim	Robert Dickerson	^[155]
2006	Paul Jackson	Garry McDonald 'All the world's a stage ... '	Garry McDonald	^[156]
2007	Evert Ploeg	George Ellis	George Ellis	^[157]
2008	Vincent Fantauzzo	Heath	Heath Ledger	^[158]
2009	Vincent Fantauzzo	Branson	Brandon Walters	^[159]
2010	Craig Ruddy	The Prince of Darkness – Warwick Thornton	Warwick Thornton	^[160]
2011	Adam Chang	John Coetzee	J. M. Coetzee	^[161]
2012	Jenny Sages	After Jack (Self portrait)	Jenny Sages	^[162]
2013	Vincent Fantauzzo	Love face	Asher Keddie	^[163]
2014	Vincent Fantauzzo	All that's good in me (self-portrait as son Luca)	Vincent Fantauzzo	^[164]
2015	Bruno Jean Grasswill	Michael Caton	Michael Caton	^[128]
2016	Nick Stathopoulos	Deng	Deng Adut	^[165]
2017	Anh Do	JC	Jack Charles	^[166]
2018	Anne Middleton	Guy	Guy Pearce	^[167]
2019	David Darcy	Tjuparntarri – women's business	Daisy Tjuparntarri Ward	^[168]
2020	Angus McDonald	Behrouz Boochani	Behrouz Boochani	^[169]
2021	Julia Ciccarone	The sea within	Self-portrait	^[170]
2022	Jeremy Eden	Samuel Johnson OAM	Samuel Johnson	^[171]

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