Sam Ure Smith b. 1 January 1920

Smith entered publishing through his father's (Sydney Ure Smith) magazines including Art in Australia and The Home. He managed Ure Smith P/L after 1949, undertook general publishing and launched Art and Australia in 1963. In the 1970s, he established Fine Arts Press Pty Ltd and retired in the early 1990s. His press and Art and Australia were central to the development of Australian art in the last half of the 20th century.
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Name
Sam Ure Smith (also Ure-Smith)
Gender
Male
Roles
Birth date
1 January 1920
Death date
1 January 2013

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References [<ExternalResource: SAM URE-SMITH 1920-2013 (Sydney Morning Herald, obituary, 20 January 2014>, <ExternalResource: Nancy D. H. Underhill, 'Smith, Sydney George Ure (1887–1949)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/smith-sydney-george-ure-8485/text14925, accessed 23 January 2014.>] [<ExternalResource: SAM URE-SMITH 1920-2013 (Sydney Morning Herald, obituary, 20 January 2014>]