Archibald Prize 1925

Entries: 74 works
Exhibition dates: 16 January to 15 February 1926
All entries were exhibited; no limit to number of works each artist could submit

For the first time, the subject of the winning portrait was a foreign resident. Maurice Moscovitch – who had been painted by John Longstaff – was a Russian actor in Australia on a performance tour. Athough there was some criticism of the win in the media, the conditions of the prize state only that the artist must be resident in Australasia, and do not mention the sitter’s residence or nationality.