William Pidgeon Mr FJ Carberry

Due to building works at the Gallery, there was no Archibald Prize 1968 exhibition so no selection of finalists for display.

Only the winner – William Pidgeon’s portrait of artist Lloyd Rees (1895–1988)- was hung at the Gallery, along with winning works from the Wynne and Sulman Prize competitions.

The subject of Pidgeon’s second – and unsuccessful – entry in the 1968 competition is Frank J Carberry, an oral surgeon who was chairman of the Tattersall’s Club in Sydney for nine years until 1968.