Jeffrey Smart b. 1921

Also known as Frank Jeffrey Edson Smart, Jeff Smart
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Printmaker)
With a career lasting over sixty years the Adelaide born artist Jeffrey Smart is an expatriate realist painter best known for his depictions of roads and urban landscapes. He might be one of Australia's most famous artists - but this is only a STUB! Shocking I know. Go on - write him. You know you want to.
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With a career lasting seventy years, the Adelaide born artist Jeffrey Smart is is an expatriate realist painter best known for his depictions of urban landscapes and roads. While being a regular exhibitor in Australia he moved to live in Italy in 1963. His work is held in many Australian public collections.

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2009
Last updated:
2011

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Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist
Periods active
  • 1938 -
  • 1938-
Residences
  • 1949 Paris, France
  • 1964 - Italy
Other occupations
  • art critic for the Daily Telegraph, Sydney 1952 - 1954 Sydney NSW
  • drawing teacher 1962 - 1963 National Art School, Sydney, NSW
Alternative names
  • Frank Jeffrey Edson Smart
  • Jeff Smart
  • Frank Jeffrey Edson Smart
  • Jeff Smart
Trainings
  • 1938 - 1941 South Australian School of Arts & Crafts
  • Academe Montmartre , 1949 Paris, France
  • 1938 - 1941 South Australian School of Arts & Crafts
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Birth embedded
Coverage
Place Adelaide, SA
Summary