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An image of Portrait group by Joshua Smith

Joshua Smith

(Australia 12 Mar 1905–22 Jul 1995)

Title
Portrait group
Year
(1942)
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions

109.2 x 88.9cm stretcher

Signature & date
Signed c.r. verso, black oil ".../ JOSHUA SMITH/ ...". Not dated.
Credit
Marshall Bequest Fund 1943
Accession number
7367
Copyright
© Yve Close
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (10)

Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Domain, 2000, 192 (colour illus.), 302.

'New Look for 20th Century Australian Galleries' by Barry Pearce, pg. 13., Look Nov 1998, Nov 1998, 13.

Yve Close (Australia) (Author), Joshua Smith: artist 1905-1995, New South Wales, 1998, 29-30, 76, 103 (colour illus.), 209. plate no. 7; cat.no. 27

Alan McCulloch (Australia, b.1907, d.1992) (Author), Susan McCulloch (England; Australia, b.1949) (Author), The Encyclopedia of Australian Art, St Leonards, 1994, 661 (illus.).

Ian Burn (Australia; United States of America, b.1939, d.1993) (Author), National life and landscape - Australian painting 1900-1940, Sydney, 1990, 127, 128 (colour illus.), 129. plate no. 94

Herbert Badham (Australia, b.1899, d.1961) (Author), A gallery of Australian art, Sydney, 1954, xiv, (illus.). plate no. 33

Hal Missingham (Australia, b.1906, d.1994) (Author), A retrospective exhibition of Australian painting, Domain, 1953. cat.no. 162

Laurie Thomas (Australia, b.1915, d.1974) (Editor), Jubilee exhibition of Australian art, Sydney, 1951, 47, 62 (colour illus.). cat.no. 150

Sydney Ure Smith (Australia, b.1887, d.1949) (Editor), Present day art in Australia, Sydney, 1949, 21 (colour illus.). cat.no. 42

Bernard Smith (Australia, b.1916, d.2011) (Author), Trustees of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia), 100 years of Australian painting, Sydney, 1948, 9.

Exhibition history (24)

Society of Artists Annual Exhibition (1943), Education Department Gallery [Loftus Street], 14 Aug 1943–01 Sep 1943.

100 years of Australian painting (1948), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 19 Apr 1948–17 May 1948.

Jubilee exhibition of Australian art, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 12 Mar 1951–31 Mar 1951.

Jubilee exhibition of Australian art, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, 09 Apr 1951–28 Apr 1951.

Jubilee exhibition of Australian art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 25 Jun 1951–21 Jul 1951.

Jubilee exhibition of Australian art, Queensland Art Gallery, 06 Aug 1951–01 Sep 1951.

Jubilee exhibition of Australian art, Art Gallery of South Australia, 24 Sep 1951–20 Oct 1951.

Jubilee exhibition of Australian art, Art Gallery of Western Australia, 12 Nov 1951–10 Dec 1951.

A retrospective exhibition of Australian painting, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 25 Sep 1953–25 Oct 1953.

The Arts Festival of the Olympic Games (1956), National Gallery of Victoria [Swanston Street], 18 Nov 1956–15 Dec 1956.

1940-1965: The heroic years of Australian painting, Melbourne Town Hall, 02 Apr 1977–20 Apr 1977.

1940-1965: The heroic years of Australian painting, Sale Regional Art Gallery, 29 Apr 1977–20 May 1977.

1940-1965: The heroic years of Australian painting, City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, 27 May 1977–17 Jun 1977.

1940-1965: The heroic years of Australian painting, Warrnambool Art Gallery, 24 Jun 1977–15 Jul 1977.

1940-1965: The heroic years of Australian painting, Shepparton Art Museum, 22 Jul 1977–08 Aug 1977.

1940-1965: The heroic years of Australian painting, Hamilton Art Gallery, 12 Aug 1977–02 Sep 1977.

1940-1965: The heroic years of Australian painting, Bendigo Art Gallery, 16 Sep 1977–07 Oct 1977.

1940-1965: The heroic years of Australian painting, Mildura Arts Centre, 14 Oct 1977–04 Nov 1977.

1940-1965: The heroic years of Australian painting, Benalla Art Gallery, 11 Nov 1977–02 Dec 1977.

1940-1965: The heroic years of Australian painting, Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre, 09 Dec 1977–20 Jan 1978.

1940-1965: The heroic years of Australian painting, Ararat Gallery, 27 Jan 1978–17 Feb 1978.

1940-1965: The heroic years of Australian painting, Geelong Art Gallery, 24 Feb 1978–17 Mar 1978.

1940-1965: The heroic years of Australian painting, La Trobe Regional Gallery, 24 Mar 1978–14 Apr 1978.

Joshua Smith retrospective, Manly Regional Art Gallery and Museum, 02 Dec 2005–22 Jan 2006.