This is a list of finalists for the 1990 Archibald Prize for portraiture (listed is Artist – Title).

The 1990 Archibald Prize winners were:^[1]

• Geoffrey Proud – Dorothy Hewett (Winner of the Archibald Prize) image
• Reg Campbell – Self-portrait (Winner of The People's Choice Award)

The finalists were:^[1]

• Davida Allen – hey, Betty – Portrait of Betty Churcher
• Marcus Beilby – Hal Missingham
• Robert Campbell Junior – Sammy Alfie Drew, local Macleay Aboriginal sporting identity (football and cricket)
• Reg Campbell – Self-portrait (Winner: The People's Choice Award)
• Judy Cassab – Portrait of Jeff Smart
• Kevin Connor – Portrait of Margaret Connor
• Fred Cress – The Working Day (Len Evans)
• Brian Dunlop – Tony Irving (artist and geometer)
• Geoffrey Dupree – Mike (Portrait of Mike Hamilton, writer and journalist)
• Steve Gorton – Leigh Johnson
• Hadyn Wilson and students of the Julian Ashton School – Portrait of Paul Delprat image
• Bill Hay – Darren Knight, Art Bookmaker
• Glenda Jones – Kaz Cooke image
• Kerrie Lester – Colleen Clifford
• Wendy Li – Eunice Gardner F.R.A.M.
• Geoffrey Lowe – Irene Bolger a drawing
• Lewis Miller – Portrait of Ray Hughes
• Mary Pace – Self-portrait image
• Geoffrey Proud – Dorothy Hewett (Winner: Archibald Prize 1990) image
• Aileen Rogers – Dr Susi Erika Phillips, Specialist in Child Development
• Jenny Sages – Adele Weiss and Benjamin
• Jenny Sands – Portrait of Alexandra Karpin
• Eric John Smith – Hector Gilliland
• David Thomas – Pain in the Art, Portrait of Claire St. Claire
• Imants Tillers – Portrait of Murray Bail 1990
• Rosemary Valadon – One flesh ll – portrait of Frances Joseph (sculptor) and son image
• David Van Nunen – Self-portrait of the artist at Litchfield Park
• Wes Walters – Kenneth Myer
• Anna Wojak – Pan Tanca
• Salvatore Zofrea – Psalm 44: after Uccello – self-portrait
• Susanne de Berenger – Margaret Fink image

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