1921 Born in Adelaide, South Australia
1938-44 Studied at the South Australian School of Arts and Crafts,
and Adelaide Teachers College
1941 Joined the Royal South Australian Society of Arts
1942 Joined the Contemporary Art Society of South Australia
1945 Part-time teacher at the Adelaide Teachers College and School of Arts
1948-50 Studied in Europe, including a period in Paris under Fernand Leger
1951 Moved to Sydney
1952-54 Worked as Art Critic for the Daily Telegraph
1959 Teacher of life drawing, East Sydney Technical College
1963 Left Australia to live permanently in Italy.
Travels widely throughout Europe, USA, Asia and Africa.
Has continued to exhibit regularly in Australia.
1944 Kozminsky’s Melbourne
1945 Royal South Australian Society of Arts, Adelaide
1946 David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney
1948, 50 John Martin’s Art Gallery, Adelaide
1952 David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney
1953 Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne
1955, 57, 59 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1961, 63, 65 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1966, 68, 70 South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne
1967 Redfern Gallery, London
1967, 69, 71 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1968 Galleria 88, Rome
1970 Leicester Galleries, London
1972 South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne
1976, 80 Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney
1978, 81, 83 Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1979, 82 Redfern Gallery, London
1982 ‘Jeffrey Smart: A Review Exhibition’, Art Gallery of New South Wales
1983, 84, 87 Rex Irwin, Art Dealer, Sydney
1986, 89 Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1990, 95, 97 Australian Galleries, Sydney
1992, 96, 01 Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
1997 The University of Sydney War Memorial Art Gallery, Sydney
1998, 99, 01 Australian Galleries, Sydney
1945 Portrait Prize, Royal South Australian Society of Arts, Adelaide
1951 Commonwealth Jubilee Art Prize
Carlo Boatti Collection, Milan
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Thyssen Bornemesza Collection, Lugano
Yale University, New Haven
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat
Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla
Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo
Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale
Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Newcastle
Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences, Darwin
Parliament House Collection, Canberra
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Rockhampton City Art Gallery, Rockhampton
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
University of Melbourne Museum of Art, Melbourne
University of Sydney Art Collection, Sydney
Victorian Arts Centre Public Art Collection, Melbourne
Sources:
Barry Pearce, ‘Jeffrey Smart: Paintings and Studies 1993-1998’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne and Sydney, 1998
‘Jeffrey Smart: Drawing and Studies 1942-2001’, Introduction by Edmund Capon, Australian Galleries, Melbourne and Sydney, 2001
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