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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References [<ExternalResource: Thomas, Daniel (1988), 'Smith, Grace Cossington'.>, <ExternalResource: Johnson, Heather (1988), 'Grace Cossington Smith', in Heather Radi (ed.), 200 Australian Women, Sydney.>, <ExternalResource: James, Bruce (1990), 'Grace Cossington Smith', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Thomas, Daniel (1973), 'Grace Cossington Smith', Melbourne, Vic : Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol.11.>, <ExternalResource: de Berg, Hazel, 'Interview with Grace Cossington Smith', Canberra, ACT : National Library of Australia, Oral history tapes.>, <ExternalResource: Thomas, Daniel (1973), 'Grace Cossington Smith', Sydney, NSW : Art Gallery of New South Wales.>, <ExternalResource: Thomas, Daniel (1993), 'Grace Cossington Smith : A Life from drawings in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia', Canberra, ACT : National Gallery of Australia.>, <ExternalResource: (1928), Art in Australia, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Speck, Catherine (1999), 'Power Dressing: Women in the Military', Australian Journal of Art, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 149-163.?.>, <ExternalResource: Speck, Catherine, '[PhD on Women Artists and War]', (which discusses her war cartoons).>, <ExternalResource: Speck, Catherine (1995), 'Re-reading Women's War Art: The Art of Grace Cossington Smith', Art Association of Australia National Conference, September, University of Western Sydney.>, <ExternalResource: de Watteville, H. (1961), 'John Denton Pinkstone French', Dictionary of National Biographies, Oxford, England, UK : Oxford University Press, pp 319-325.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Eagle, Mary.>, <ExternalResource: Hart, Deborah (ed.) (2005), 'Grace Cossington Smith', National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: Speck, Catherine (2004), 'Painting ghosts : Australian women artists in wartime', St Leonards, NSW : Craftsman House.>, <ExternalResource: 'Joan Kerr Archives', National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT.>] [<ExternalResource: Thomas, Daniel (1988), 'Smith, Grace Cossington'.>]