This is a list of finalists for the 1996

Archibald Prize The Archibald Prize is an Australian portraiture art prize for painting, generally seen as the most prestigious portrait prize in Australia. It was first awarded in 1921 after the receipt of a bequest from J. F. Archibald, the editor ...

for portraiture (listed is Artist – ''Title''). *

Davida Allen Davida Frances Allen (born 20 October 1951) is an Australian painter, filmmaker and writer. Early life and education Davida Allen was born on 20 October 1951 in Charleville, Queensland. She studied under Betty Churcher at the Stuartholme Schoo ...

– Anne Purves in purple * Rick Amor – Portrait of

Paul Boston Paul Boston (born 1952) is an Australian artist. Life and work Paul Boston was born in Melbourne in 1952. While with at art school he developed an interest in Zen. After graduating, Boston travelled to Japan and South East Asia, where he spe ...

* Judy Cassab –

Robert Juniper Robert Litchfield Juniper, AM (7 January 192920 December 2012) was an Australian artist, art teacher, illustrator, painter, printmaker and sculptor. Early life Juniper was born in the wheat-belt town of Merredin, Western Australia. He studied ...

* Kordelya Zhansui Chi – 'Wrap time' portrait of John Ruane * Kordelya Zhansui Chi – Hon Ms Jan Wade MP * Peter Churcher – Betty at Home (

Betty Churcher Elizabeth Ann Dewar Churcher (''née'' Cameron; 11 January 193131 March 2015) was an Australian arts administrator, best known as director of the National Gallery of Australia from 1990 to 1997. She was also a painter in her own right ea ...

) * Kevin Connor – Self-portrait in the Louvre food hall * Graeme Davis – Chris Mann reading murder mysteries with pink curtain *

Geoffrey Dyer Geoffrey Dyer (1947 – 7 October 2020) was an Australian artist. He was born and died in Hobart, Tasmania. Career He won the Archibald Prize in 2003 with a portrait of Richard Flanagan. He was a finalist of the 2011 Archibald Prize The Ar ...

– Claudio Alcorso * Joe Furlonger – Dr Harold Schenberg * Francis Giacco – Family self-portrait *

Robert Hannaford Robert Lyall "Alfie" Hannaford , (born 9 November 1944) is an Australian realist artist notable for his drawings, paintings, portraits and sculptures. He is a great-great-great-grandson of Susannah Hannaford. Family Hannaford was born a ...

– Self-portrait (Winner: People's Choice) * Robert Hannaford – Cheryl Hurst *

Nicholas Harding Nicholas Harding (1956 – 2 November 2022) was a British-born Australian artist, known for his paintings, in particular portraits. Early life Harding was born in London, England in 1956. In 1965 his family emigrated to Australia, settling ...

– Portrait of

Barry O'Keefe Barry Stanley John O’Keefe , (20 May 1933 24 April 2014) was an Australian judge and lawyer who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales from 1993 to 2004 and the Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corrupti ...

* Paul Jackson – Self and Tui *

Kerrie Lester Kerrie Lester (31 May 1953 – 5 April 2016) was an Australian artist''Who's Who in Australia'', ConnectWeb, 2016. who was a frequent finalist in the Archibald Prize for portraiture, although she never won the main prize. She was born to John L ...

– James Morrison with flugelhorn * Jocelyn Maughan – Paul Ashton Delprat, artist * Lewis Miller – Portrait of Allan Mitelman * Paul Newton –

John Laws Richard John Sinclair Laws CBE (born 8 August 1935) is a Papua New Guinean-born Australian radio announcer. For 50 years, until 2007, he was the host of an Australian morning radio program combining music with interviews, opinion, live advert ...

(Winner: Packing Room Prize) *

Josonia Palaitis Josonia Palaitis (born 1949) is an Australian artist living in Sydney, Australia. She won the 1994 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize with a portrait of her father artist John Mills. In 1995 she won the Archibald Prize People's Choice award wit ...

– Ray Martin *

Jenny Sages Jenny Sages is an Archibald Prize People's Choice Award winning Australian artist born 1933 in Shanghai, China. She is known for her abstract landscape paintings and portraits. She arrived in Australia in 1948. After being expelled from East Sy ...

– Paul Cox * Wendy Sharpe – Self-portrait – as Diana of Erskineville (Winner: Archibald Prize 1996)
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Garry Shead Garry Shead is an Australian artist and filmmaker. His paintings are in many galleries in Australia and overseas, and he has won several awards, including the Archibald Prize in 1992. He has spent time in Japan, Papua New Guinea, France, Austria, ...

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Jacqueline McKenzie Jacqueline Susan McKenzie (born 24 October 1967) is an Australian film and stage actress. Early life Born in Sydney, New South Wales, McKenzie attended Wenona School in North Sydney until 1983 then moved to Pymble Ladies' College, where she ...

Jiawei Shen Shen Jiawei (born 1948) is a Chinese-Australian painter. He is a winner of the 2006 Sir John Sulman Prize. Life and work Shen Jiawei was born in Shanghai and emigrated to Australia in 1989 after he was compelled to leave China because he paint ...

– Self-portrait with GE (Chinese) Morrison
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* Andrew Sibley – Mary-Lou Jelbart in the park * Eric John Smith – Robert Walker * Rosemary Valadon –

Deborah Conway Deborah Ann Conway (born 8 August 1959) is an Australian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, and had a career as a model and actress. She was a founding member of the 1980s rock band Do-Ré-Mi with their top 5 hit "Man Overboard". Conw ...

– in epic mode * David Van Nunen – Portrait of the artist with Fauve * Wes Walters – Gary Emery *

Guy Warren Guy Warren of Ghana, also known as Kofi Ghanaba (4 May 1923 – 22 December 2008), was a Ghanaian musician, best known as the inventor of Afro-jazz — "the reuniting of African-American jazz with its African roots" — and as a member of The T ...

– Portrait of the artist as a young man * Margaret Woodward – Self-portrait as Sarah Wisse, transported * Salvatore Zofrea – Dr Franco Belgiorno-Nettis

External links

Archibald Prize 1996 finalists official website
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