Grace Cossington Smith
(Australia 1892–20 Dec 1984)
- Title
- Interior with wardrobe mirror
- Place of origin
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Turramurra →
Sydney →
New South Wales →
Australia
- Year
- 1955
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas on paperboard
- Dimensions
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91.4 x 73.7cm board; 103.0 x 85.0 x 5.6cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.l. corner, black ink "G.Cossington Smith 55".
- Credit
- Purchased 1967
- Accession number
- OA11.1967
- Copyright
- © Estate of Grace Cossington Smith
- Location
- 20th & 21st c Australian art
- Further information
My chief interest, I think, has always been colour, but not flat crude colour, it must be colour within colour, it has to shine; light must be in it, it is no good having heavy, dead colour … The room is in my own home here, and the sunlight did not come in a definite way but the whole room seemed to be full of light, which is what I want to do more than the actual sunlight. I feel that even the shadows are subdued light and they must have light in them as well as the light parts.
Grace Cossington Smith, 1965
In this painting, short brushstrokes of pure colour animate the pictorial surface, highlighting Grace Cossington Smith’s skill as a colourist. By the mid 1950s the artist had begun to concentrate primarily on domestic interiors, party due to the fact that her much-loved sister had become ill.
- Bibliography (35)
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'Portrait profile: Grace Cossington Smith' by Joanna Gilmour, pg. 2-7., Portrait profile: Grace Cossington Smith 2009, 2009, 7 (colour illus.).
'Amazing Grace: Thoughts inspired by the Grace Cossington Smith exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra' by Virginia Spate, pg. 22-30., Art Monthly Australia Aug 2005, Aug 2005, 29 (colour illus.), 30.
Deborah Hart (South Africa; United Kingdom; Australia, b.1959) (Editor), Grace Cossington Smith, Canberra, 2005, 80, 81 (colour illus.), 105, 159, 180.
Artwise: visual arts 7-10 2004, 2004, 128 (colour illus.), 129.
In our own image: the story of Australian art 2002, 2002, 93, 94 (colour illus.).
'Objects in the mirror: gendering the still life' by Rosemary Lloyd, pg. 39-55., Yearbook of comparative and general literature [Vol. 49, 2001] 2002, 2002, 48, 55 (illus.).
'Drusilla Modjeska's "Stravinsky's Lunch"' by Mary Eagle, pg. 65-67., Art and Australia (Vol. 38, No. 1) Sep 2000-Nov 2000, Sep 2000-Nov 2000, 66 (colour illus.).
'Grace Cossington Smith 1892-1984', pg. 32., Art in the sun 2000, 2000, 32 (colour illus.).
Lou Klepac (Australia; Croatia, b.1936) (Author), Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Bruce James (Australia) (Author), John McDonald (Australia, b.1961) (Author), Peter Pinson (Australia, b.1943) (Author), Gavin Fry (Author), Sasha Grishin AM (Australia) (Author), Deborah Hart (South Africa; United Kingdom; Australia, b.1959) (Author), Australian painters of the twentieth century, Roseville, 2000, 50 (colour illus.), 51.
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Domain, 2000, 219 (colour illus.), 302.
'Life, love and the woman artist' by Judith White, pg. 22., Look Sep 1999, Sep 1999, 22.
Bruce James (Australia) (Author), Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Director), Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook, Domain, 1999, 160 (colour illus.).
Drusilla Modjeska (Author), Stravinsky's lunch, Sydney, 1999, (colour illus.). plate no. 40
'In the Steps of the Master' by Judith White, pg. 18-19., Look Dec 1998-Jan 1999, Dec 1998-Jan 1999, 18 (colour illus.).
Ursula Prunster (Australia) (Curator), Australian painters; Seeing Cézanne, Sydney, 1998, 11, 16(colour illus.), 31. cat.no. 40
Zoë Ross (Editor), Eyewitness travel guides: Australia, London, 1998, 108 (colour illus.).
Jenny Aland (Editor), Max Darby (Editor), Art Connections, Port Melbourne, 1998, 78 (colour illus.).
Terence Maloon (Australia) (Curator), Classic Cézanne, Domain, 1998, 68 (colour illus.), 70. figure no. 33
Art Wise - Visual Arts years 7-10 1997, 1997.
In our own image: the story of Australian art 1995, 1995, 104 (colour illus.).
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Older Australian masters: an exhibition of works by major Australian artists executed in the later years of their careers, Domain, 1991, (colour illus.). not paginated, no catalogue numbers
Annabel Davie (Editor), Art Gallery of New South Wales Handbook, Domain, 1988, 30, 31 (colour illus.).
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Patrick McCaughey (Northern Ireland; Australia, b.1943) (Author), Twentieth century Australian masterworks from the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Fred Williams Pilbara Series, Tokyo, 1985, 21 (colour illus.). cat.no. 6
Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Editor), Jan Meek (Australia) (Editor), Portrait of a Gallery, Sydney, 1984, 86 (colour illus.), 87.
Project 41 - the mosaic, the grid, Sydney, 1983, 4 (illus.). cat.no. 5
Linda Slutzkin (Australia, d.2005) (Author), Interiors - from the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1981, 12. cat.no. 18
Art and Artists of Australia 1981, 1981, (colour illus.).
Janine Burke (Australia, b.1952) (Author), Australian women artists 1840-1940, Collingwood, 1980, (colour illus.).
Editor Unknown (Editor), Art Gallery of New South Wales picturebook, Domain, 1972, 108 (colour illus.).
'Grace Cossington Smith' by Daniel Thomas, pg. 510-521., Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly Jan 1970, Jan 1970, 523 (illus.).
'Grace Cossington Smith' by Daniel Thomas, pg. 300-312., Art and Australia Mar 1967, Mar 1967.
1967 Acquisitions 1967, 1967, 22. cat.no. 28
Banjo Paterson Festival of Arts (Australia, active 1960), Australian painting today, Orange, 1960. cat.no. 51
The Sydney Morning Herald 07 Dec 1955, 07 Dec 1955.
Daily telegraph and daily news 07 Dec 1955, 07 Dec 1955.
- Exhibition history (17)
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Christmas selection 2 (1955), Macquarie Galleries, 07 Dec 1955–22 Dec 1955.
Hunters Hill Art Competition 1956, Hunters Hill Town Hall, 20 Feb 1956–25 Feb 1956.
Bendigo Art Prize 1956, Bendigo Art Gallery, Dec 1956 -.
Sydney painting 1957, Victorian Artists Society, 04 Jun 1957–14 Jun 1957.
Waratah Spring Festival Art Exhibition (1958), Commonwealth Bank, Martin Place, 04 Oct 1958–11 Oct 1958.
Macquarie Galleries Adelaide exhibition (1960), Royal South Australia Society of Arts, 30 Aug 1960–10 Sep 1960.
Australian painting today (1960), Legacy House, 02 Oct 1960–08 Oct 1960.
Acquisitions 1967, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 06 Mar 1968–01 Apr 1968.
Project 41: The mosaic -The grid (1983), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 25 Mar 1983–24 Apr 1983.
Twentieth century Australian masterworks from the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Fred Williams Pilbara series from the collection of CRA Limited, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, 04 Oct 1985–06 Nov 1985.
Older Australian masters: an exhibition of works by major Australian artists executed in the later years of their careers, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 16 Mar 1992–12 Apr 1992.
Australian Painters Seeing Cézanne, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 28 Nov 1998–17 Jan 1999.
Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000.
Grace Cossington Smith: a retrospective exhibition (2005), National Gallery of Australia, 04 Mar 2005–13 Jun 2005.
Grace Cossington Smith: a retrospective exhibition (2005), Art Gallery of South Australia, 29 Jul 2005–09 Oct 2005.
Grace Cossington Smith: a retrospective exhibition (2005), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 29 Oct 2005–15 Jan 2006.
Grace Cossington Smith: a retrospective exhibition (2005), Queensland Art Gallery, 11 Feb 2006–30 Apr 2006.
