Grace Cossington Smith

Grace Cossington Smith
Grace Cossington Smith, self-portrait, 1948, oil on cardboard, 39.5 x 30.7 cm, National Portrait Gallery.
Born(1892-04-20)20 April 1892[1]
Died20 December 1984(1984-12-20) (aged 92)[1]
NationalityAustralian[1]
Known forPainting
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) (1973)[1]
Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) (1983)[2]

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.

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Smith, Grace Cossington (1892–1984)". Smith, Grace Cossington (1892–1984) Biographical Entry – Australian Dictionary of Biography Online. Adb.online.anu.edu.au. Archived from the original on 16 April 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
  2. ^ "It's an Honor". Australian Government. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 23 July 2007.