List of Archibald Prize winners

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

1921 Desbrowe Annear by W B McInnes was the first Archibald Prize winner

List of winners

'Head in the Sky, feet on the Ground,' Julia Gutman's portrait of Montaigne was the winner of the 2023 Archibald Prize

1924 Miss Collins by W B McInnes

1927 Mrs Annie Murdoch by G. W. Lambert

1928 Dr Alexander Leeper by John Longstaff

1945 LtGen Edmund Herring by William Dargie

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		Laura Jones	Tim Winton	Tim Winton	[103]

Gallery

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  1922 (McInnes)
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  1923 (McInnes)
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  1925 (Longstaff)
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  1926 (McInnes)
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  1929 (Longstaff)
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  1930 (McInnes)
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  1931 (Longstaff)
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  1935 (Longstaff)
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  1936 (McInnes)
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  1937 (Baker)
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  1938 (Heysen)

Winners of the Packing Room Prize

Further information: Packing Room Prize

Year	Artist	Title	Subject	Notes
1991/92	Greg Bridges	Gareth Evans	Gareth Evans	(not selected as a finalist)[104]
1993	Angelika Erbsland	Colin Hayes OBE and friend	Colin Hayes	(not selected as a finalist)[105]
1994	Peter Robertson	Kate Ceberano	Kate Ceberano	[106]
1995	Danelle Bergstrom	Jon English	Jon English	(not selected as a finalist)[107]
1996	Paul Newton	John Laws	John Laws	[108]
1997	Bill Leak	Tex (Perkins)	Tex Perkins	[109]
1998	Kerrie Lester	Self portrait as a bridesmaid	Kerrie Lester	[110]
1999	Deny Christian	Garry McDonald	Garry McDonald	(not selected as a finalist)[111]
2000	Bill Leak	'Are you with me': portrait of Sir Les Patterson	Sir Les Patterson	[112]
2001	Paul Newton	Roy and HG (John Doyle and Greig Pickhaver)	Roy and HG	[113]
2002	Jan Williamson	Jenny Morris – singer/songwriter	Jenny Morris	[114]
2003	Jan Williamson	Rachel Ward	Rachel Ward	[115]
2004	Evert Ploeg	Jana Wendt	Jana Wendt	[116]
2005	Jason Benjamin	Staring down the past	Bill Hunter	[117]
2006	Michael Mucci	A working class man	Scott Cam	[118]
2007	Danelle Bergstrom	Take two – Jack Thompson	Jack Thompson	[119]
2008	Martin Ball	Neil Finn	Neil Finn	[120]
2009	Paul Jackson	Flacco's chariot	Paul Livingston	[121]
2010	Nafisa Naomi	Glenn in black & white	Glenn A. Baker	[122]
2011	Vincent Fantauzzo	Matt Moran	Matt Moran	[123]
2012	Raelene Sharp	A Strength of Character	John Wood	[124]
2013	Mathew Lynn	Tara Moss	Tara Moss	[125]
2014	Tim Storrier	The Member, Dr Sir Leslie Colin Patterson KCB AO	Sir Les Patterson	[126]
2015	Bruno Jean Grasswill	Michael Caton	Michael Caton	[127]
2016	Betina Fauvel-Ogden	George Calombaris, masterchef	George Calombaris	[128]
2017	Peter Smeeth	Lisa Wilkinson AM	Lisa Wilkinson	[129]
2018	Jamie Preisz	Jimmy (title fight)	Jimmy Barnes	[130]
2019	Tessa MacKay	Through the looking glass	David Wenham	[131]
2020	Meyne Wyatt	Meyne	Meyne Wyatt	[132]
2021	Kathrin Longhurst	Kate	Kate Ceberano	[133]
2022	Claus Stangl		Taika Waititi	[134]
2023	Andrea Huelin	Clown jewels	Cal Wilson	[135]
2024	Matt Adnate	Rhythms of heritage	Baker Boy	[136]

Winners of the People's Choice Award

Further information: People's Choice Award

Year	Artist	Title	Subject	Notes
1988	Fred Cress	John Beard	John Stanley Beard	[137][68]
1989	Vladas Meškėnas	Donald Friend 1989	Donald Friend	[138]
1990	Reg Campbell	Self-portrait	Reg Campbell	[139]
1991/92	Robert Hannaford	Portrait of Hugh Stretton	Hugh Stretton	[140]
1993	Jennifer Little	Victor Sellu	Victor Sellu	[141]
1994	Bill Leak	Malcolm Turnbull	Malcolm Turnbull	[142]
1995	Josonia Palaitis	Bill Leak	Bill Leak	[143]
1996	Robert Hannaford	Self-portrait	Robert Hannaford	[144]
1997	Mathew Lynn	Jeanne Ryckmans	Jeanne Ryckmans	Highly Commended[145]
1998	Robert Hannaford	Rolf Prince	Rolf Prince	[146]
1999	Evert Ploeg	Deborah Mailman	Deborah Mailman	[147]
2000	Esther Erlich	Never been better (portrait of Bill Leak)	Bill Leak	[148]
2001	Paul Newton	Roy and HG (John Doyle and Greig Pickhaver)	Roy and HG	[149]
2002	Jan Williamson	Jenny Morris – singer/songwriter	Jenny Morris	[150]
2003	Dalu Zhao	'Lao Fei' Stephen FitzGerald	Stephen FitzGerald	[151]
2004	Craig Ruddy	David Gulpilil, two worlds	David Gulpilil	[152][83]
2005	Nicholas Harding	Bob's Daily Swim	Robert Dickerson	[153]
2006	Paul Jackson	Garry McDonald 'All the world's a stage ... '	Garry McDonald	[154]
2007	Evert Ploeg	George Ellis	George Ellis	[155]
2008	Vincent Fantauzzo	Heath	Heath Ledger	[156]
2009	Vincent Fantauzzo	Branson	Brandon Walters	[157]
2010	Craig Ruddy	The Prince of Darkness – Warwick Thornton	Warwick Thornton	[158]
2011	Adam Chang	John Coetzee	J. M. Coetzee	[159]
2012	Jenny Sages	After Jack (Self portrait)	Jenny Sages	[160]
2013	Vincent Fantauzzo	Love face	Asher Keddie	[161]
2014	Vincent Fantauzzo	All that's good in me (self-portrait as son Luca)	Vincent Fantauzzo	[162]
2015	Bruno Jean Grasswill	Michael Caton	Michael Caton	[127]
2016	Nick Stathopoulos	Deng	Deng Adut	[163]
2017	Anh Do	JC	Jack Charles	[164]
2018	Anne Middleton	Guy	Guy Pearce	[165]
2019	David Darcy	Tjuparntarri – women's business	Daisy Tjuparntarri Ward	[166]
2020	Angus McDonald	Behrouz Boochani	Behrouz Boochani	[167]
2021	Julia Ciccarone	The sea within	Self-portrait	[168]
2022	Jeremy Eden	Samuel Johnson OAM	Samuel Johnson	[169]

See also

• Lists of Archibald Prize finalists