List of Archibald Prize 1939 finalists
This is a list of finalists for the 1939 Archibald Prize for portraiture, listed by Artist and Title. As the images are copyright, an external link to an image has been listed where available.
| Artist | Title | Subject | Notes |
| Harold Abbott | Mrs R Abbott | ||
| Harold Abbott | Mrs C de Burgh | ||
| Harold Abbott | Miss Margaret Murray | ||
| Harold Abbott | Neil McNeil, Esq | ||
| Harold Abbott | Robert Gillespie, Esq | ||
| James Muir Auld | Self-portrait | ||
| Herbert Badham | Self-portrait | ||
| Alan Baker | Portrait of a man | ||
| Reginald Thomas Bassett | Self-portrait | ||
| Douglas Baulch | Self-portrait | ||
| Daysi M. Brookes | Dr E McAustin Steel | ||
| Daysi M. Brookes | Robert McKechnie, Esq | ||
| Ernest Buckmaster | Self-portrait | ||
| Jack Carington Smith | Sir John Ramsay | ||
| Frank R. Carter | Mrs Beryl James | ||
| Norman Carter | Paymaster Lieut Keith H Waterhouse, RAN, VR | ||
| Norman Carter | R B Kelly, Esq, DVSc | ||
| Amalie Sara Colquhoun | Ellen | ||
| Roy Dalgarno | Prof J V Duhig, MB, FRACP | ||
| William Dargie | Self-portrait and mask | ||
| William Dargie | The artist's wife | ||
| Joseph Ben de Bolle | Major Gen. W. A. Coxen, C.B., C.M.G./D.S.O. | ||
| Ayesha Dean | Portrait of a man | ||
| Aileen R. Dent | C N McKenzie, Esq | ||
| E. C. Draper | Portrait of a Lady | ||
| Elsie Elder | Mr Casey, MP | ||
| Nell Eveston | Olive | ||
| Nell Eveston | Gloria Favolora | ||
| Nell Eveston | Mrs Loschiavo | ||
| Marjorie Glyn-Edwards | Hugh Reilly, Esq. | ||
| John Barclay Godson | Hilda | ||
| John Barclay Godson | Self-portrait | ||
| John Barclay Godson | Johnnie | - | |
| Helena Nellie Govett | Sir Harold Gengoult Smith | ||
| Gwendolyn Grant | Ann | ||
| Gwendolyn Grant | John Ramsay, Esq. | ||
| William Gregory Grant | Mrs Gwendolyn Grant | ||
| Harley Griffiths | O Dutton, Esq | ||
| Harley Griffiths | Portrait of a pugilist | ||
| A. F. Hancox | Self-portrait | ||
| Henry Aloysius Hanke | The pink wrap | ||
| Henry Aloysius Hanke | Self-portrait | ||
| John R. Heath | Emeritus Prof. W. Gilmour | ||
| Joseph Holloway | Roy Thibou, Esq. | ||
| Edith L. Holmes | My aunt | ||
| Ursula Holterhoff | Self-portrait | ||
| Tom Hubble | Julian | ||
| Evan Hughes | Bruce Salter, Esq. | ||
| Harold Stafford Huntley | Miss Eula Ross | ||
| Rupert Hutter | Self-portrait | ||
| Reginald Jerrold-Nathan | Mrs C Corsellis | ||
| Margaret Gordon Johnson | Lieut Col GFG Wieck | ||
| Margaret Gordon Johnson | Miss Berna Begley | ||
| Margaret Gordon Johnson | G Pitt Morison, Esq, curator, Perth Art Gallery | ||
| Eric Kaylock | Self-portrait | ||
| Herbert Kemble | Louise A | ||
| Clement Charles Kennedy | D.A.W. Robertson, Esq. | ||
| Clement Charles Kennedy | Miss Gwen Friend | ||
| Clement Charles Kennedy | Miss Barbara Dare | ||
| Theo M. Kielly | Self-portrait | ||
| J. Noel Kilgour | Mrs Nancy Kilgour | ||
| Edwin Harold King | Portrait of a man | ||
| Edwin Harold King | The Artist's Brother | ||
| Edwin Harold King | The Artist's Sister | ||
| Garrett Kingsley | John G. Lindsay, Esq | ||
| Garrett Kingsley | Portrait of a Lady | ||
| Frederick William Leist | Miss Sheila Mitchell | ||
| Albert Leyshon | Self-portrait | ||
| Herbert W. McCulley | Self-portrait | ||
| R. J. McFadden | Portrait of a man | ||
| R. J. McFadden | Self-portrait | ||
| G. M. McHolme | Self-portrait | ||
| Tempe Manning | Father Cohen, CA | ||
| Tempe Manning | Colin E. Anderson, Esq. | ||
| Tempe Manning | Major C.E.T. Newman | ||
| Tempe Manning | Self-portrait | ||
| Max Meldrum | Hon G. J. Bell, CMG, DSO, VD | ||
| R. A. Morrisey | Miss Maureen Morrisey | ||
| Lionel Neate | Mr W. R. Hurst, A.R.C.O. | ||
| Percival James Norton | Mrs G. Davis | ||
| Percival James Norton | P. W. Gledhill, Esq. | ||
| Justin O'Brien | Eric Irvin, poet | ||
| Justin O'Brien | Mrs Hodson | ||
| Roy Opie | Harold Herbert, Esq. | ||
| T. R. Palmer | Rev. C. R. King | ||
| T. R. Palmer | The artist's bride | ||
| Esther Paterson | Herman Gill, Esq. | ||
| Esther Paterson | Miss Betty Paterson | ||
| Clif Peir | Miss Genevieve Madden | ||
| Russell W. Phillips | Self-portrait | ||
| Russell W. Phillips | Portrait of a lady | ||
| Muriel Pornett | Window light | ||
| Harold Septimus Power | Dr A. E. Richardson, CMG, MAD | ||
| M Prowse Carey | Self-portrait | ||
| James Quinn | Self-portrait | ||
| James Quinn | George Bell, artist and critic | ||
| Stuart Reid | Mrs A. Thyne Reid | ||
| Eileen M. Robertson | Self-portrait | ||
| J. H. R. Rousel | Judge Coyle | ||
| J. H. R. Rousel | George H. Forsyth, Esq. | ||
| John Thomas Nightingale Rowell | Prof. A. Boyce Gibson, M.A. | ||
| John Thomas Nightingale Rowell | John Bowles, Sculptor | ||
| William Rowell | Jackeroo | ||
| William Rowell | Major-Gen Sir William Glasgow, KCB, CMG, DSO, VD | ||
| William Rowell | Dr A. E. Mills | ||
| William Rowell | Francis de Castella | ||
| Horace Rudgley | Mrs H Rudgley | ||
| Samuel Rudgley | Self-portrait | ||
| A. W. Sampson | Margaret Verrell | ||
| Eric Saunders | Kylie Tennant | ||
| Eric Saunders | Mischa Burlakov | ||
| Roderick Shaw | Richard Edwards, BA | ||
| Reginald Jack Shepherd | Laurel | ||
| Joshua Smith | Sister M Deane | ||
| W. Sprenger | Self-portrait | ||
| S. Scott Sudlow | Self-portrait | ||
| Graham A. Thorley | Senator Major-Gen CH Brand, CBCMG, CVO, DSO | ||
| Dora Toovey | Miss Ruth Eason | ||
| Frederick Lyttelton Tregear | Self-portrait | ||
| Lyall Trindall | Mrs R Rajola | ||
| Albert Tucker | Harry de Hartog | ||
| Roland Wakelin | Mother and child | ||
| Leslie J. Walker | F. Pidcock, Esq. | ||
| Leslie J. Walker | A. C. Martin, Esq. | ||
| Douglas Watson | Self-portrait | ||
| Harold V. Whitlock | Self-portrait | ||
| Rita Wilson | Self-portrait | ||
| Margery Withers | R McCann, Esq | ||
| Joseph Wolinski | Thomas Ranken, Esq. | ||
| Joseph Wolinski | H. Neville Smith, Esq. | ||
| Joseph Wolinski | Ald. E. S. Marks. | ||
| Joseph Wolinski | Desiderius Orban | ||
| Joseph Wolinski | Self-portrait | ||
| Arnold Zimmerman | Self-portrait | ||
| Arnold Zimmerman | S. G. Thorpe, Esq. | ||
| Arnold Zimmerman | Bitter wine | self-portrait | |
| Melba van der Velden | Self-portrait |