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The Archibald Prize
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A Controversy
The Archibald
Prize
About the 'Portrait of an Artist'
Painting. William Dobell's 1943 portrait
of the artist Joshua Smith won the Archibald prize. Joseph Wolinski and Mary Edwards, took legal action against Dobell and the Gallery’s trustees, alleging that Joshua Smith was ‘a distorted and caricatured form’ and therefore not a portrait. In contrast, the supporters of Dobell described the portrait as both ‘a likeness or resemblance of the sitter and a work of art’, which allowed for distortion for the purpose of art. The battle in court was a very public battle, with everyone having an opinion on the issue. It made Dobell
a household name in Australia and also
made the Archibald prize in Sydney the most well knownart competition
in the country.
2012
2010
By: Raelene Sharp
A strength of character
Winner: Packing room prize
By: Craig Ruddy
The Price of Darkness - Warwick Thornton
Winner: Peoples choice award
Winners of the Last 5 Years
By: Nafisa Naomi
Glen in Black & White
Winner: Packing room prize
By: Jenny Sages
After Jack
Winner: Peoples choice award
By: Tim Storrier
The histrionic wayfarer (after Bosch)
Winner: Archibald prize
By: Sam Leach
Tim Minchin
Winner: Archibald prize
2009
By: Paul Jackson
Flacco's chariot
Winner: Packing room prize
2013
2011
By: Vincent Fantauzzo
Matt Moran
Winner: Packing room prize
By: Mathew Lynn
Tara Moss
Winner: Packing room prize
By: Guy Maestri
Geoffery Gurrumul Yunupingu
Winner: Archibald prize
By: Vincent Fantauzzo
Brandon
Winner: People's choice award
By: Ben Quilty
Margaret Olley
Winner: Archibald prize
By: Del Kathrine Barton
hugo
Winner: Archibald prize
By: Adam Chang
John Coetzee
Winner: People's choice award
Vincent Fantauzzo
Love face
Winner: Peoples choice award
The first Archibald prize
W.B. McInnes' portrait of Desbrowe Annear (1865–1933) is significant as winner of the first Archibald Prize in 1921. Winning the prize six more times for his characteristically dark, tonal portraits. Desbrowe Annear was a well-known Melbourne architect. Primarily a designer of houses, his best known are 32, 34 and 38 The Eyrie, Eaglemont, constructed between 1902 and 1903. Working in a variety of modern styles, Annear sought to create an architecture suited to the climate and geography of Australia.
The Creator
The Archibald Prize
The Archibald Prize was
first started in 1921 by JF Archibald. A portrait of him, commissioned by the Art Gallery of NSW trustees, was made after his death and remains as one of the pictorial records of a man who avoided having his photograph taken.
The Archibald Prize is awarded annually to the best portrait, 'preferentially of some man or woman distinguished in art, letters, science or politics, painted by any artist resident in Australasia’.