Jeffrey Smart b. 1921

Also known as:
  • Frank Jeffrey Edson Smart
  • Jeff Smart
  • Artist
With a career lasting over sixty years the Adelaide born artist Jeffrey Smart is 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.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 2009
Name
Jeffrey Smart
Also known as:
  • Frank Jeffrey Edson Smart
  • Jeff Smart
Birth date
1921
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist
Active Period
  • 1938-
Languages
  • English
Training
  • 1938- 1941 South Australian School of Arts & Crafts
Is Indigenous
No

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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Writers:
Date written:
2009
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Jean Mary Bellette
1909
Artist, Artist, Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Dorrit Black
1891
Artist
associate of
Justin O'Brien
1917
Artist
associate of
Brian Seidel
1928
Artist
studied art with Smart at South Australian School of Art
None
Courtesy of: Eva Breuer Art Dealer
Study for Taxi Stand
Date
2002
Medium
Oil on canvas
50.5 x 57cm
Morning, Yarragon siding
Date
1982- 1984
URL
http://nga.gov.au/federation/Detail.cfm?WorkID=26566&ZoomID=3
Wallaroo
Date
1951
URL
http://nga.gov.au/exhibition/oceantooutback/Detail.cfm?IRN=47105&ViewID=2
Collections
Jeffrey Smart Retrospective
1999
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Recognitions
Commonwealth Jubilee Prize
1951
Award
Note: Winner