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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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’.

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Other occupations
  • 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 (ANZSIC code: 810) (Head of Art Department at the Launceston Technical College, Launceston, TAS 1939)
  • 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)