On the elegance and wry observations of Jeffrey Smart, one of Australia's favourite painters
- Written by: Joanna Mendelssohn, Principal Fellow (Hon), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne
Jeffrey Smart, Margaret Olley in the Louvre Museum
1994–95 Tuscany, Italy. Oil on canvas 67 x 110 cm Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney. Bequest of Ian Whalland 1997. 85.1997Review: Jeffrey Smart, National Gallery of Australia
Although I never met him, Jeffrey Smart (1921-2013) was my first art teacher. As “Phideas” on the ABC...