Winner for 1987
Marcus BeilbyCrutching the Ewes
Winner: Sir John Sulman Prize 1987
Joint winner
Bob MarchantThe Grand Parade, Sydney Show
Winner: Sir John Sulman Prize 1987
Joint winner
Finalists for 1987
- Marcus Beilby - Crutching the Ewes
- Kerry Blake - Last Supper
- Rhett Brewer - Bathers at Bondi
- Peter Daly - Figmalist
- Ken Done - Taling to Sir Sidney Nolan
- Joe Furlonger - Bathers
- Robert Hannaford - Shearing
- Geoff Harvey - A Wonderful Day at Bronte Pool
- Louis James - Reflections - Night Garden
- Keith Looby - Sir Art Kelly’s Gang No. 3
- Bob Marchant - The Great Ferry Boat Race
- Bob Marchant - The Grand Parade, Sydney Show
- Michael Nay - Colonist Plough, Two Phases
- Miriam Norton - The Day the Shamrock Hotel Burnt Down
- Alan Oldfield - Arcady
- The Prisoners of Long Bay Prison - Orphalese
- The Prisoners of Long Bay Prison - Killing the Wall
- Arthur Leeds Schmidt - 'Babes' in the Wood
- Rosemary Valadon - Room with a View
- Greg Warburton - Summer Visit
- Rosalind Wilcock - Grandfather's Wedding
- Hadyn John Wilson - The New Humanity – A Shared Cup of Billy Tea