Archibald Prize 1979
Entries: 244 (35 selected)
Exhibition dates: 22 March to 20 April 1980
Only selected works were exhibited; each artist could submit up to two works
- John Bloomfield - Portrait of Lloyd Rees
- Lance Bressow - Dame Joan Sutherland
- Judy Cassab - Portrait of Charles Blackman
- Francis Celtlan - Self-portrait
- Cam Clarke - Barry Taffs 'ragtrader'
- Terry Collins - Hon the Senator Don Chipp
- Kevin Connor - Portrait of James Gleeson
- Irena Creedon - Mr Clyde Holding, MP
- Roma de Wolff - Portrait of watercolorist - Cameron Sparks
- Brian Dunlop - David Ireland, novelist
- Merryll Evans - Reg Livermore
- Merryll Evans - Sir John Gorton
- Nigel Hewitt - The anaesthetist
- Graeme Inson - The Honourable EG Whitlam, AC, QC
- Geoff La Gerche - Wesley Lanhupuy, manager of the Northern Land Council
- Geoff La Gerche - Grandma Lum Loy, ‘a true Territorian’
- Garth Legge - Self-portrait
- Keith Looby - PP McGuinness with Paddy doll
- Ted Markstein - Sir Lenox Hewitt, chairman of Qantas
- Denese Oates - Larry Pickering
- Josonia Palaitis - The Honourable John Howard, MP
- L Scott Pendlebury - Anne and Drew Pendlebury (actress and musician respectively)
- John Thomas Rigby - Pat Hoffie (artist-teacher)
- Peter Rosson - Robert Drummond, poet, playwright 1980
- David Schlunke - Neil O'Reilly, journalist
- David Schlunke - Self-portrait
- Eric John Smith - Joy Smith studio portrait I
- Max Thompson - RA Simpson
- Noel Thurgate - Hamburger Joe
- Wes Walters - Portrait of Mr Eric Beattie
- Wes Walters - Portrait of Phillip Adams (Winner: Archibald Prize 1979)
- Trevor Weekes - George 'Scotty' Allen - aviator
- Fred Williams - Portrait of John Brack
- Brian 'Wooly' Woolstone - Hospitality cheers, Jim Buckley
- Salvatore Zofrea - Dr John Ryan