List of Archibald Prize 1996 finalists

• Davida Allen - Anne Purves in purple
• Rick Amor - Portrait of Paul Boston
• Judy Cassab - Robert Juniper
• Kordelya Zhansui Chi - 'Wrap time' portrait of John Ruane
• Kordelya Zhansui Chi - Hon Ms Jan Wade MP
• Peter Churcher – Betty at Home
• Kevin Connor - Self-portrait in the Louvre food hall
• Graeme Davis - Chris Mann reading murder mysteries with pink curtain
• Geoffrey Dyer - Claudio Alcorso
• Joe Furlonger - Dr Harold Schenberg
• Francis Giacco - Family self-portrait
• Robert Hannaford - Self-portrait '
• Robert Hannaford - Cheryl Hurst
• Nicholas Harding - Portrait of Barry O'Keefe
• Paul Jackson - Self and Tui
• Kerrie Lester - James Morrison with flugelhorn
• Jocelyn Maughan - Paul Ashton Delprat, artist
• Lewis Miller - Portrait of Allan Mitelman
• Paul Newton - John Laws '
• Josonia Palaitis - Ray Martin
• Jenny Sages - Paul Cox
• Wendy Sharpe - Self-portrait - as Diana of Erskineville
• Garry Shead - Jacqueline McKenzie
• Jiawei Shen - Self-portrait with GE Morrison
• Andrew Sibley - Mary-Lou Jelbart in the park
• Eric John Smith - Robert Walker
• Rosemary Valadon - Deborah Conway – in epic mode
• David Van Nunen - Portrait of the artist with Fauve
• Wes Walters - Gary Emery
• Guy Warren - Portrait of the artist as a young man
• Margaret Woodward - Self-portrait as Sarah Wisse, transported
• Salvatore Zofrea - Dr Franco Belgiorno-Nettis