Grace Cossington Smith b. 20 April 1892

Also known as Grace Smith
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Painter, born in Neutral Bay, Sydney. A student of Dattilo Rubbo, Cossington Smith was quick to absorb modernist ideas and in 1915 exhibited 'The Sock Knitter', described by Daniel Thomas as 'perhaps the first fully Post-Impressionist work painted in Australia'.
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exhibited at
Ocean to Outback: Australian landscape painting 1850-1950
Date
2007 - 2009
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description

Touring exhibition curated by National Gallery Director, Ron Radford.

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.nga.gov.au/AboutUs/press/OceanToOutback.cfm
exhibited at
Grace Cossington Smith: A Life from drawings in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia
Date
1993
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The Australian Landscape
Date
1972 - 1973
Place
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Description

“The Australian Landscape” was a national touring exhibition organised by the Australian Gallery Directors’ Council in 1972. The organising gallery was the Art Gallery of South Australia, and the curators were Daniel Thomas (Art Gallery of New South Wales) Ian North (Art Gallery of South Australia) and Frances McCarthy [later Lindsay] (National Gallery of Victoria). Generous funding from the Peter Stuyvesant foundation enabled the curators to travel the country together in order to make considered judgements.
The exhibition opened at the Art Gallery of South Australia on 3 March 1972, and toured to the Western Australian Art Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Australian National Gallery (temporary premises), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Newcastle City Art Gallery, and the Queensland Art Gallery.
The catalogue introduction claims that the exhibition comprised of 'fifty-five of the best Australian landscapes ever executed’. It was characterised by a breadth of vision, with works from every state – including regional galleries and private collections. It is distinguished by having a greater emphasis on colonial works than previous exhibitions, and elevating the reputation of Eugene Von Guerard and John Glover.
There were only two works by women – Grace Cossington Smith and Margaret Preston– and none by any Aboriginal artist.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
retrospective exhibition
Date
1973
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
[18 solo exhibitions]
Date
1932 - 1977
Place
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Royal Art Society annual exhibition
Date
October 1919
Place
Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition

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