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Ep 115: The Archibald winners
Category: Arts
Duration: 00:58:45
Publish Date: 2021-09-20 05:24:41
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If you’ve been listening to this podcast over the years, you would probably know I’m a self-confessed Archibald tragic. I’m fascinated by the depiction of the human face and figure in paint and that is exactly what the prize celebrates each year at the Art Gallery of NSW.

The Archibald Prize is Australia’s most famous portrait prize and is now in its 100th year. This episode is a compilation of clips from my conversations with Archibald winners where they talk about how they felt about winning, what it did for their career or about the painting itself.

I’ve also included a clip from my conversation with biographer Scott Bevan where we talked about what was arguably the most controversial Archibald win – the 1943 winning portrait by William Dobell of fellow artist Joshua Smith.

See below for a list of podcast guests, the year they won the prize and their portraits. Click on the name to go to the full interview.

A video based on this episode will be posted to the Talking with Painters YouTube channel in a few weeks.

Guy Warren ‘Flugelman with Wingman’, 1985, oil on canvas, 225 x 178cm
Winner of the Archibald Prize 1985
Image: Art Gallery of NSW website

Davida Allen ‘Dr John Arthur Mckelvie Shera’, 1986, oil on canvas, 230.5 x 187cm
Winner, 1986 Archibald Prize, AGNSW
Image: Art Gallery of NSW website

William Robinson  ‘Self-portrait with stunned mullet’, 1994, oil on linen, 197 x 164cm
Winner Archibald Prize 1995
QUT Art Collection. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by William Robinson, 2011.

William Robinson  ‘Equestrian self-portrait’, 1987, oil on linen, 141 x 192cm
Winner Archibald Prize 1987
QUT Art Collection. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by William Robinson, 2011 

Francis Giacco ‘Homage to John Reichard’ (1994) oil on marine ply 202cm x 188cm
Image: Art Gallery of NSW website

Wendy Sharpe: ‘Self portrait – as Diana of Erskineville’, 1996, oil on canvas, 210 x 172cm, winner of Archibald prize 1996.
Image: Art Gallery of NSW website

Lewis Miller: ‘Portrait of Allan Mitelman no 3’, 1998, oil and charcoal on canvas, 213.4 x 183cm
Image: Art Gallery of NSW website

Euan Macleod: ‘Self-portrait: head like a hole’ 1999 oil on canvas 180 x 137cm
Image: Art Gallery of NSW website

Nicholas Harding:
‘John Bell as King Lear’, 2001, oil on canvas on board, 177 x 105cm (winner Archibald Prize 2001)
Image: Art Gallery of NSW website

‘you are what is most beautiful about me, a self portrait with Kell and Arella’ 2008, synthetic polymer paint, watercolour, gouache and pen on polyester canvas, 280 x 180cm (winner Archibald Prize 2008)
Image: Art Gallery of NSW website

‘hugo’, 2013, watercolour, gouache and acrylic on canvas, 200 x 180cm (winner Archibald Prize 2013)
Image: Art Gallery of NSW website

Guido Maestri: ‘Dr Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu’, 2009, oil on linen, 203 x 172.4cm
Winner Archibald Prize 2009, Art Gallery of NSW
Collection: National Portrait Gallery, Australia

Ben Quilty: ‘Margaret Olley’, 2011, oil on linen, 170 x 150cm
Winner Archibald Prize 2011
Photo: AGNSW

Tim Storrier: The Histrionic Wayfarer (after Bosch), 2012, acrylic on canvas, 182 x 122 cm 
Winner Archibald Prize 2012
Photo: Art Gallery of NSW website

Louise Hearman: ‘Barry’ (2016) oil on masonite 69.5cm x 100cm
Photo: Art Gallery of NSW website

Vincent Namatjira: ‘Stand Strong for who you are’, 2020, acrylic on linen, 152 x 198cm
Winner Archibald Prize 2020, Art Gallery of NSW
Image: AGNSW website

Peter Wegner: ‘Portrait of Guy Warren at 100’
oil on canvas, 120.5 x 151.5cm
Image: Art Gallery of NSW website

William Dobell: ‘Portrait of an Artist (Joshua Smith)’
Winner of Archibald Prize 1943
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