The Archibald Prize is regarded as the most important portraiture prize in Australia. It began in 1921 after a bequest from J F Archibald, the editor of The Bulletin, and is awarded annually by the Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales for "the best portrait, preferentially of some man or woman distinguished in Art, Letters, Science or Politics, painted by an artist resident in Australasia during the 12 months preceding the date fixed by the Trustees for sending in the pictures."
List of Winners
Year - Artist - Title
1921 - W B McInnes - Desbrowe Annear
1922 - W B McInnes - Professor Harrison Moore
1923 - W B McInnes - Portrait of a Lady
1924 - W B McInnes - Portrait of Miss Collins
1925 - John Longstaff - Portrait of Maurice Moscovitch
1926 - W B McInnes - Silk and Lace
1927 - George W Lambert - Mrs Murdoch
1928 - John Longstaff - Portrait of Dr Alexander Leeper
