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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associate of
Albert Collins
1883
Designer (Graphic Designer), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Alfred R. Coffey
1869
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Marian Clarke
1853
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Norah Simpson
1895
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Ethel Anderson
1883
Designer, Artist (Painter)
associate of
A. Dattilo Rubbo
Artist
associate of
Daniel Thomas
1931
Curator
curator responsible for first significant research on her work
child of
Ernest Augustus Smith
Other occupation
child of
née Fisher Grace Smith
Other occupation
associate of
Maisie Drysdale
Other occupation
associate of
Bernard Smith
Curator
First collected data on her for AGNSW catalogue, then wrote on her significance in Australian Painting (1962)
friend of
Enid Cambridge
1892
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Ann Judith Fletcher
1892
Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer), Artist (Photographer)
associate of
Nancy Greene
1892
Artist, Designer
associate of
Dora Jarret
1892
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Designer (Graphic Designer), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Thea Proctor
1892
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter), Designer (Graphic Designer)
associate of
Dattilo Rubbo
1892
Artist (Painter)
taught
associate of
Antonio Dattilo Rubbo
1892
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Dora Sweetapple
1892
Artist, Artist (Painter)
friend of
Daniel Thomas
1892
Curator
associate of
Roland Wakelin
1892
Artist

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  • The Australian Landscape (exhibited at)
  • retrospective exhibition (exhibited at)
  • [18 solo exhibitions] (exhibited at)
  • Royal Art Society annual exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Ocean to Outback: Australian landscape painting 1850-1950 (exhibited at)
  • Grace Cossington Smith: the lacquer room (exhibited at)
  • Grace Cossington Smith retrospective (exhibited at)
  • Review (exhibited at)
  • Eveolution: An exhibition of women's art from the Newcastle Region Art Gallery collection (exhibited at)
  • A l'hombre des jeunes filles et des fleurs: In the shadow of young girls and flowers (exhibited at)
  • Colonial Pastime to Contemporary Profession: 150 years of Australian Women's Art (exhibited at)
  • Australian Women Artists of the Twentieth Century from the collection of Elinor and Fred Wrobel (exhibited at)
  • In the Company of Women: 100 years of Australian women's art from the Cruthers collection (exhibited at)
  • Women and Art (exhibited at)
  • Women hold up half the sky (exhibited at)
  • The Women's View: Australian women artists in the Bendigo Art Gallery, 1888-1995 (exhibited at)
  • Look, Look Again (exhibited at)
  • Exhibition of paintings by women artists (exhibited at)
  • Exhibition of Australian women painters (exhibited at)