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The Archibald Prize winners are getting bigger – Sydney Morning Herald
The paintings that have won the famous portraiture prize have grown from slightly more than half-a-metre to 3.2 metres tall. See how they measure up to the viewer…
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From miniatures of artists friends to larger-than-life depictions of prime ministers, actors and footballers, the Archibald Prize has tracked the nations faces for a century.
Winning portraits have changed in style from Georgian portraits to psychedelia.
The portraits have also steadily gotten bigger since the prize began in 1921. The smallest portrait to have won was Sam Leachs portrait of Tim Minchin in 2010, at 60 centimetres tall and 38 centimetres…
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