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Grace Cossington Smith AO OBE (20 April 1892 – 20 December 1984) was an Australian artist and pioneer of modernist painting in Australia and was instrumental in introducing Post-Impressionism to her home country. Examples of her work are held by every major gallery in Australia.
Grace Cossington Smith AO OBE (20 April 1892 – 20 December 1984) was an Australian artist and pioneer of modernist painting in Australia and was instrumental in introducing Post-Impressionism to her home country. Examples of her work are held by every major gallery in Australia.
- Australian
- April 20, 1892
- Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Australia
- December 20, 1984
One of Australia’s most celebrated 20th-century painters, Grace Cossington Smith was an important early exponent of modernism in Australia. Her work formed part of the first significant wave of Australian responses to European post-impressionism.
Sep 13, 2023 · Grace Cossington Smith painted the way she saw and felt the world. Her understanding and manipulation of the fundamental principles of colour and line enabled her to convey an outer world which was in fact so intimately experienced.
Grace Cossington Smith - National Gallery of Australia. Born 1892 (Gadigal land/Sydney); Died 1984 (Gadigal land/Sydney) Artworks. Grace Cossington Smith, Study of a head: self-portrait, 1916, purchased with funds from the Marie and Vida Breckenridge bequest 2010. Grace Cossington Smith, The Bridge in building, 1929, Gift of Ellen Waugh 2005.
- Sydney
Apr 20, 1892 - Dec 20, 1984. Grace Cossington Smith AO OBE was an Australian artist and pioneer of modernist painting in Australia and was instrumental in introducing Post-Impressionism to...
Grace Cossington Smith was heavily influenced by the presence of the bridge within the Sydney landscape. In The curve of the bridge, her powerful translation of forms through colour and light is evident, with the painting radiating optimism and energy in celebration of modern engineering and, more broadly, the modern age.
