Dorothy Ure Smith b. 1921

Also known as:
  • Dorothy Olivia Ure Smith
  • Dot
  • Dot Ure Smith
  • Dorothy Hemphill
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator) , (Draughtsman) , (Printmaker)
daughter of Sydney Ure Smith, whose drawing of a picnic was turned into a print with help from Margaret Preston.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1996
Name
Dorothy Ure Smith
Also known as:
  • Dorothy Olivia Ure Smith
  • Dot
  • Dot Ure Smith
  • Dorothy Hemphill
Birth date
1921
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Other Occupation
  • artist
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

Artist and illlustrator (daughter of Sydney Ure Smith and Ethel Bickley), did the print Manly Picnic 1929 (National Gallery of Australia), with assistance from Margaret Preston.

Later, as “Dot”, drew story illustrations in Australia, National Journal and Australia Week-end Book vol.1 (1942),160 (couple dancing – very weak), visitors to picture gallery for H.D. Williamson’s 'Not for Publication’, and p.168 for 'Progress of Medicine’ by 'N.X. Anonymous’ showing a doctor looking at a soldier’s throat (best of the three). “Dot” also had work in vol.2 (1943) on pages 142 and 152 (poor).

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007
child of
Sydney Ure Smith
1887
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Graphic Designer), Artist (Painter), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Printmaker)
associate of
Margaret Preston
1875
Artist (Painter), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Ceramist)
sibling of
Sam Ure Smith
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
child of
Ethel Bickley
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
spouse of
Robert James Hemphill
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
child of
Sydney Ure Smith
1887
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Graphic Designer), Artist (Painter), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Printmaker)
Manly Picnic
Date
1929
Collections
Citations:
  • Smith, Sydney Ure, & Spencer, Gwen Morton (eds), (1943), Australia Week-end Book 2, (Place: Sydney, NSW : Ure Smith)
  • NSW Marriage Records : 411/1943
  • Smith, Sydney Ure, & Spencer, Gwen Morton (eds), (1942), Australia Week-end Book [No.1], (Place: Sydney, NSW : Ure Smith)
  • Underhill, Nancy, (1991), Making Australian art 1916-49 : Sydney Ure Smith, patron and publisher, (Place: South Melbourne : Oxford University Press)