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Grace Cossington Smith: A Life from drawings in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia
Date
1993
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The Australian Landscape
Date
1972 - 1973
Place
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Description

“The Australian Landscape” was a national touring exhibition organised by the Australian Gallery Directors’ Council in 1972. The organising gallery was the Art Gallery of South Australia, and the curators were Daniel Thomas (Art Gallery of New South Wales) Ian North (Art Gallery of South Australia) and Frances McCarthy [later Lindsay] (National Gallery of Victoria). Generous funding from the Peter Stuyvesant foundation enabled the curators to travel the country together in order to make considered judgements.
The exhibition opened at the Art Gallery of South Australia on 3 March 1972, and toured to the Western Australian Art Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Australian National Gallery (temporary premises), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Newcastle City Art Gallery, and the Queensland Art Gallery.
The catalogue introduction claims that the exhibition comprised of 'fifty-five of the best Australian landscapes ever executed’. It was characterised by a breadth of vision, with works from every state – including regional galleries and private collections. It is distinguished by having a greater emphasis on colonial works than previous exhibitions, and elevating the reputation of Eugene Von Guerard and John Glover.
There were only two works by women – Grace Cossington Smith and Margaret Preston– and none by any Aboriginal artist.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
retrospective exhibition
Date
1973
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
[18 solo exhibitions]
Date
1932 - 1977
Place
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Royal Art Society annual exhibition
Date
October 1919
Place
Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition

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Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Painter)
Residences
  • 1914 - 1984 Turramurra, Sydney, NSW
  • c.1912 - c.1913 Germany
  • c.1912 - c.1913 England, UK
  • c.1892 - c.1912 Neutral Bay, Sydney, NSW
  • 1914 - 24 December 1984 Turramurra, Sydney, NSW
  • c.1912 - c.1913 Germany
  • c.1912 - c.1913 England, UK
  • c.1892 - c.1912 Neutral Bay, Sydney, NSW
References [<ExternalResource: Thomas, Daniel (1988), 'Smith, Grace Cossington'.>]
See alsos [<ExternalResource: 'Heritage: ADD section 6, plate 250'.>, <ExternalResource: 'An elaborate oil self-portrait was acquired by the NLA in 1999'.>, <ExternalResource: 'Grace Cossington Smith, Self Portrait c.1945, pencil and coloured pencil (Cruthers collection, Perth)'.>, <ExternalResource: Thomas, D., North, I., & McCarthy F. (1972), 'The Australian Landscape'.>] [<ExternalResource: 'Heritage: ADD section 6, plate 250'.>, <ExternalResource: 'An elaborate oil self-portrait was acquired by the NLA in 1999'.>, <ExternalResource: 'Grace Cossington Smith, Self Portrait c.1945, pencil and coloured pencil (Cruthers collection, Perth)'.>]
Alternative names
  • Grace Smith
  • Grace Smith
  • Grace Cossington Smith
Trainings
  • outdoor sketching classes, c.1912 - c.1913 Speck, Stettin, Germany
  • c.1912 - c.1913 Winchester School of Art, England, UK
  • School, - Abbotsleigh, Wahroonga, Sydney, NSW
  • - Miss Connolly's school, Point Piper, Sydney, NSW
  • art classes with Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo , 1910 - 1911 Royal Art Society School, Sydney, NSW
  • art classes with Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo , 1914 - Royal Art Society School, Sydney, NSW
  • c.1912 - c.1913 Stettin, Germany
  • c.1912 - c.1913 Winchester School of Art, England, UK
  • Abbotsleigh, Wahroonga, Sydney, NSW
  • Miss Connolly's school, Point Piper, Sydney, NSW
Cultural heritages
  • English
Related people
  • Collins, Albert (associate of)
  • Coffey, Alfred R. (associate of)
  • Clarke, Marian (associate of)
  • Simpson, Norah (associate of)
  • Anderson, Ethel (associate of)
  • Rubbo, A. Dattilo (associate of)
  • Thomas, Daniel (associate of)
  • Smith, Ernest Augustus (child of)
  • Smith, Grace (child of)
  • Drysdale, Maisie (associate of)
  • Smith, Bernard (associate of)
  • Collins, Albert (associate of)
  • Coffey, Alfred R. (associate of)
  • Clarke, Marian (associate of)
  • Simpson, Norah (associate of)
  • Anderson, Ethel (associate of)
  • Rubbo, A. Dattilo (associate of)
  • Thomas, Daniel (associate of)
  • Smith, Ernest Augustus (child of)
  • Smith, Grace (child of)
  • Drysdale, Maisie (associate of)
Related person groups
  • Turramurra Wall Painters Union (associate of)
  • Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, NSW (associate of)
  • Turramurra Wall Painters Union (associate of)
  • Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, NSW (associate of)
Related events
  • Grace Cossington Smith: A Life from drawings in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia (exhibited at)
  • The Australian Landscape (exhibited at)
  • retrospective exhibition (exhibited at)
  • [18 solo exhibitions] (exhibited at)
  • Royal Art Society annual exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Grace Cossington Smith: A Life from drawings in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia (exhibited at)
  • retrospective exhibition (exhibited at)
  • [18 solo exhibitions] (exhibited at)
  • Royal Art Society annual exhibition (exhibited at)
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Place Roseville, NSW Sydney, NSW
Summary