As the annual controversy swirls around the finalists for the Archibald Prize, we look at an artwork that didn’t make the cut: a moving portrait of a remarkable Australian: Jewish leader Alex Ryvchin, who came here as a penniless Soviet refugee.  Find out more about The Front podcast <a href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/the-front/podcast/7e7d42e8c77b597cf8532d2e0c847e10">here</a>. You can read about this story and more on The Australian's <a href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/">website</a> or on The Australian’s app. This episode of The Front is written and presented by Claire Harvey and produced and edited by Jasper Leak who also composed our theme.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

A portrait the Archibald Prize rejected: Jewish leader Alex Ryvchin, by Johannes Leak