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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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)
  • Melrose Prize (received)
  • Women's Weekly Prize for Portraiture (received)
  • Tasmanian Sesquicentenary Art Prize (received)
  • Sir John Sulman Prize for Mural Painting (received)
  • New South Wales Government Travelling Art Scholarship (received)
  • New South Wales Government Travelling Art Scholarship (received)
  • 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)
  • Melrose Prize (received)
  • Women's Weekly Prize for Portraiture (received)
  • Tasmanian Sesquicentenary Art Prize (received)
  • Sir John Sulman Prize for Mural Painting (received)