biography
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Cossington-Smith, Grace
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| female
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| lived:
| (1892–1984)
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| biography:
| Painter, born in Neutral Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, SE Australia. She studied at Dattilo Rubbo's Art School in Sydney, and in England and Germany. A pioneer of Modernist painting in Australia, she was instrumental in introducing Postimpressionism to Australia. Her 1915 painting, ‘The Sock Knitter’, is seen as a key work in the Australian Modernist movement. Her painting is characterized by individual, square brush strokes and radiant colours. Her many paintings of Sydney landscapes, still-lifes, and interiors include ‘Kuringai Avenue’ (1943), ‘Fruit in the Window’ (1957), and, arguably her most famous painting, ‘The Lacquer Room’ (1935). She received acclaim rather late in her career, and in 1973 a major retrospective exhibition of her work toured Australia. |
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