| ISBN |
0642542031 (pbk) |
| 0642541140 (hbk) |
| Author |
Smith, Grace Cossington, 1892-1984 (artist) |
| Title |
Grace Cossington Smith / edited by Deborah Hart. |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Canberra : National Gallery of Australia, [2005]. |
| ©2005. |
| Description |
ix, 187 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits ; 29 cm. |
| Note |
"Published on the occasion of the exhibition ... National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 4 March - 13 June 2005 ; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 29 July - 9 October 2005 ; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 29 October 2005 - 15 January 2006 ; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 11 February - 30 April 2006."--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography. |
| Contents |
Grace Cossington Smith / Deborah Hart -- Modernity and inwards / Daniel Thomas -- A lens on a painter : beyond photography / Bruce James -- The sock knitter / Anne Gray -- In the warm fold of family : Grace Cossington Smith's sketchbooks / Anne McDonald -- Centre of a city / Bruce James -- The curve of the Bridge / Deborah Hart -- Four panels for a screen : a feeling for the natural world / Deborah Hart -- Secular light and the curve of the chairs / Deborah Edwards -- The world from Turramurra : Grace Cossington Smith and two world wars / Elena Taylor -- The art of travel / Beatrice Gralton -- Inside Cossington / Daniel Thomas -- Conservation focus : rediscovering Diddy / Andrea Wise, Fiona Kemp and Bill Hamilton -- Conservation focus : no escape from drawing / Allan Byrne, Kim Brunoro, Sheridan Roberts and David Wise. |
| Summary |
Crossington Smith's life spanned nearly a century and this new book examines the development of her work covering the metropolis, portraits, still life, landscapes and flowers, religion and war, theatre and ballet performances, and her great domestic interiors infused with light as well as many drawings. |
| Terms of use |
National Gallery of Australia, 2005. |
| Local note |
Donated by Ruth Wilson, 2021. |
| Subjects |
Smith, Grace Cossington, -- 1892-1984 |
| National Gallery of Australia -- Exhibitions |
| Women painters -- Australia |
| Women painters -- Australia -- Exhibitions |
| Women painters -- Australia -- Biography |
| Artists' preparatory studies |
| Still-life in art |
| Painting, Australian -- 20th century -- Exhibitions |
| Other Authors &/or Associated Persons |
Wilson, Ruth (donor) (former owner) |
| Hart, Deborah, 1959- (editor) |
| Other Corporate Bodies |
National Gallery of Australia |
| Call number |
2021.098 |
