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.
Tags: Archibald Prize
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Citations

  • Broughton, Lindsay (1993), 'Carington Smith, Jack (1908 – 1972)’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, VIC, Vol 13.

    http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130408b.htm

  • Gertsakis, Elizabeth (1985), 'Quiet Records and Careful Observations: Pastels by Jack Carington Smith’, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Exhibition catalogue includes a foreword written by Lloyd Rees.

  • Backhouse, Sue, 'Jack Carington Smith’, Art and Australia, Winter 1985, vol 22.

  • Brackenreg, John (May 1972), 'A Tribute to Jack Carington Smith’, Art and Australia, .

  • (May 1972), 'Famous Tas. Artist Dies’, Launceston Church Grammar School Report, no. 14.

  • Missingham, Hal (January 1957), 'Recent Australian Painting’, The Studio, London, vol 153.

  • 'Information sourced from exhibition catalogues, articles and books’.

  • Smith, Bernard (1945), 'Place, Taste and Tradition: A Study of Australian Art since 1788’, Ure Smith Pty Ltd, Sydney, NSW.

  • Smith, Sydney Ure (1949), 'Present Day Art in Australia’, Ure Smith Pty Ltd, Sydney.

  • (28 January 1953), 'Sundry Shows: Wynne Prize’, The Bulletin, Sydney, NSW.

  • Hetherington, John (7 July 1962), 'J. Carington Smith: He likes time 'to drink things in’, The Age, Melbourne, VIC.

  • Burke, Joseph (1963), 'Jack Carington Smith: A Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings 1938-1963’, Adult Education Board of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS.

  • Smith, Bernard (1971), 'Australian Painting 1788-1960’, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, VIC.

  • Backhouse, Sue (1976), 'Jack Carington Smith Retrospective Exhibition’, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS.

  • Backhouse, Sue, 'Jack Carington Smith’, Art and Australia, Winter 1985, vol 22.

  • Spartalis, Arthur (1992), 'Jack Carington Smith 1908-1972: A survey of four decades’, Arthur Spartalis Fine Art, WA.

  • Ross, Peter (2005), 'Let’s Face it: The History of the Archibald Prize’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.

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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 (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
  • Castlemaine Art Museum (collected in)
  • 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 (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
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  • 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)
  • Exhibition of Paintings by Jack Carington Smith (exhibited at)
  • Transfield Art Competition (exhibited at)
  • Contemporary Australian Art (exhibited at)
  • Society of Artists Exhibition of Drawings and Prints (exhibited at)
  • Matson Lines Exhibition of Australian Painters (exhibited at)
  • J. Carington Smith (exhibited at)
  • Contemporary Australian Painters (exhibited at)
  • The Arts Festival of the Olympic Games (exhibited at)
  • A Retrospective Exhibition of Australian Painting (None)
  • 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)
  • Contemporary Australian Painting from the National Collection (exhibited at)
  • Twentieth Annual Exhibition of the Contemporary Group (exhibited at)
  • Exhibition of Paintings by J. Carington Smith (exhibited at)
  • New South Wales Travelling Art Scholarship (exhibited at)
  • Jack Carington Smith (exhibited at)
  • Jack Carington Smith: works on paper (exhibited at)
  • Quiet records and careful observations: pastels (exhibited at)
  • Christmas exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Launceston Art Society in retrospect 1891-1983 (exhibited at)
  • 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)
  • Exhibition of Paintings by Jack Carington Smith (exhibited at)
  • Transfield Art Competition (exhibited at)
  • Contemporary Australian Art (exhibited at)
  • Society of Artists Exhibition of Drawings and Prints (exhibited at)
  • Matson Lines Exhibition of Australian Painters (exhibited at)
  • J. Carington Smith (exhibited at)
  • Contemporary Australian Painters (exhibited at)
  • The Arts Festival of the Olympic Games (exhibited at)
  • A Retrospective Exhibition of Australian Painting (None)
  • 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)
  • Contemporary Australian Painting from the National Collection (exhibited at)
  • Twentieth Annual Exhibition of the Contemporary Group (exhibited at)
  • Exhibition of Paintings by J. Carington Smith (exhibited at)
  • New South Wales Travelling Art Scholarship (exhibited at)
  • Jack Carington Smith (exhibited at)
  • Jack Carington Smith: works on paper (exhibited at)
  • Quiet records and careful observations: pastels (exhibited at)
  • Christmas exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Royal Easter Show: art prize exhibitions (exhibited at)