Jack Carington Smith b. 26 February 1908

Also known as Jack Carrington Smith, Jack Carington Smith, Jack Carrington Smith
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Prolific mid 20th century painter based in Hobart and Sydney. Jack Carington Smith won numerous awards and prizes including the 1949 Sir John Sulman Prize for Mural Painting and the 1963 Archibald Prize.
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Name
Jack Carington Smith
Also known as:
  • Jack Carrington Smith (Common misspelling.)
  • Jack Carington Smith
  • Jack Carrington Smith
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Head of Fine Art Department, Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart, TAS (Head of Fine Art Department, Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart, TAS 1963-70)
  • Head of the Art Department, Hobart Technical College, Hobart, TAS (Head of the Art Department, Hobart Technical College, Hobart, TAS 1940-63)
  • Head of Art Department at the Launceston Technical College, Launceston, TAS (Head of Art Department at the Launceston Technical College, Launceston, TAS 1939)
Birth date
26 February 1908
Birth place
Launceston, TAS
Death date
19 March 1972
Death place
Hobart, TAS
Death note
BurialNote: His ashes were scattered into the sea off Cloudy Bay, Bruny Island, Tasmania.
Active Period
  • 1925 - 1972
Residence
  • 1940 - 1972 Sandy Bay, Hobart, TAS
  • 1939 Launceston, TAS
  • 1936 - 1938 London, UK (Travelled to France & Italy. )
  • 1925 - 1936 Sydney, NSW
  • 1908 - 1925 Launceston, TAS
Training
  • 1936 - 1938 Royal Academy School & Westminster School, London, UK
  • 1925 - 1936 East Sydney Technical College, Sydney, NSW
  • Launceston Church Grammar School, Launceston, TAS
Languages
  • English

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Related stub people
  • Smith, Robert Norman (child of)
  • Smith, Muriel Matilda [nee Johnstone] (child of)
  • Carington Smith, Ruth [nee Walker] (spouse of)
  • Carington Smith, Jill (parent of)
  • Carington Smith, Owen (parent of)
  • Britton, Fred (associate of)
  • Meninsky, Bernard (associate of)
  • Jackson, Fred Ernest (associate of)
Related stub person groups
  • Australian Watercolour Institute, Sydney, NSW (associate of)
  • Tasmanian Group of Painters (associate of)
  • Contemporary Group, Sydney, NSW (associate of)
  • Society of Artists, Sydney, NSW (associate of)
  • International Institute of Arts and Letters, Switzerland (associate of)
Related people
  • Dundas, Douglas (associate of)
  • Leist, Frederick William (associate of)
  • Rees, Lloyd (associate of)
Related works
  • The Human Image (creator of)
  • Garden Fantasy (creator of)
  • Bush Pastoral (creator of)
  • By the sea (creator of)
  • Landscape near Cressy, Tasmania (creator of)
  • Arrangement in grey, green and brown (creator of)
  • Professor A.L. McAulay (creator of)
  • Dream crossed moonlight (creator of)
Related collections
  • Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • The Sir Warwick Fairfax Prize (received)
  • The Lloyd Jones Memorial Prize for Portraiture (received)
  • Helena Rubenstein Portrait Prize (received)
  • Tasmanian Art Prize (received)
  • The Archibald Prize (received)
  • Women's Weekly Prize for Portraiture (received)
  • Melrose Prize (received)
  • Tasmanian Sesquicentenary Art Prize (received)
  • Sir John Sulman Prize for Mural Painting (received)
  • New South Wales Government Travelling Art Scholarship (received)
Related events
  • Personal perspectives: artists & their portraits (exhibited at)
  • Quiet records and careful observations: Pastels by Jack Carington Smith (exhibited at)
  • 1940-1965: The Heroic Years of Australian Painting (exhibited at)
  • Jack Carington Smith Watercolours (exhibited at)
  • Jack Carington Smith (exhibited at)
  • Jack Carington Smith (1908 - 1972) (exhibited at)
  • J. Carington Smith (exhibited at)
  • J. Carington Smith (exhibited at)
  • Tasmanian Avant Garde Painting (exhibited at)
  • An Exhibition by Eleven Painters (exhibited at)
  • Jack Carington Smith: European Watercolours (exhibited at)
  • Famous Australians by Famous Australian Artists (exhibited at)
  • The Archibald Prize 1963 (exhibited at)
  • Jack Carington Smith: A Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings 1938-1963 (exhibited at)
  • Transfield Art Competition (exhibited at)
  • Exhibition of Paintings by Jack Carington Smith (exhibited at)
  • Contemporary Australian Art (exhibited at)
  • Matson Lines Exhibition of Australian Painters (exhibited at)
  • J. Carington Smith (exhibited at)
  • Contemporary Australian Painters (exhibited at)
  • Society of Artists Exhibition of Drawings and Prints (exhibited at)
  • The Arts Festival of the Olympic Games (exhibited at)
  • New South Wales Travelling Art Scholarship (exhibited at)
  • Exhibition of Paintings by Jack Carington Smith (exhibited at)
  • Jubilee Exhibition of Australian Art (exhibited at)
  • Exhibition of Paintings by Jack Carington Smith (exhibited at)
  • Exhibition of Paintings by J. Carington Smith (exhibited at)
  • Contemporary Australian Painting from the National Collection (exhibited at)
  • Twentieth Annual Exhibition of the Contemporary Group (exhibited at)