Archibald prize

/ ˈɑːtʃɪbɔːld /

noun

1. an annual prize awarded by the Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales since 1921, for outstanding contributions to art, letters, science, and politics

Word History and Origins

Origin of Archibald prize¹

named after Jules François Archibald (1856–1919), Australian journalist

Example Sentences

In 1953, he was the spokesman for a demonstration of about 30 youths against the Archibald Prize, Australia’s most prestigious portrait award, complaining about its stuffy conservatism after the prize was given to the same artist for the seventh consecutive year.

From New York Times

From posing as a nude model to becoming the oldest ever entrant - aged 104 - in Australia's most prestigious portrait art prize, The Archibald Prize; creative flair and defiance of conformity have defined Ms Kramer's life.

From BBC

The trail is a lucky dip dominated by landscape artists, and ranges from chatty hobbyists and classical pianists to the studio of the Chinese-Australian portrait artist Shen Jiawei, who’s been nominated 14 times for the Archibald prize and won the Sulman prize in 2006.

From The Guardian

Her work was selected over paintings by Doug Moran and Archibald prize luminaries such as Vincent Fantauzzo, who painted Asher Keddie; Nick Stathopoulos, who painted fellow artist Natasha Walsh; and Peter Smeeth, who painted Kate McClymont.

From The Guardian

The Doug Moran winner was drawn from a shortlist of 30 finalists, who each receive $1000, and who were selected by the three judges: artist Louise Hearman, who won the 2014 Doug Moran and 2016 Archibald prize; art historian and former director of the National Gallery of Australia, Dr Ron Radford; and Greta Moran, who established the Moran Arts Foundation with her husband Doug in 2018.

From The Guardian