April 18, 2019

Inspired by Jeffrey Smart

Jeffrey Smart is an artist best known for his precisionist urban and industrial landscape paintings. Considered to be one of Australia's greatest painters, Jeffrey Smart trained at the South Australian School of Arts and Crafts in the late 1930s. Influenced by modernism in the 1940s, he worked in a distinctive, detailed style and loved to fill his work with "private jokes and playful allusions". He saw beauty in the everyday, painting highways, factories, trucks and vacant city lots. His polished style and ability to see the seemingly ordinary with fresh eyes has had a lasting impact on Australian contemporary artists. In this curation we explore some of these artists who have been inspired by Smart's legacy.

Curated by Freddy Grant

110cm (W) x 85cm (H)

Oil
A$3,800

167cm (W) x 122cm (H)

Oil
A$12,650

About the Curator

Freddy Grant

Freddy is an avid art collector, a raconteur, a bon vivant and was one of the first employees at Bluethumb. He was a big part of Bluethumb's early success and has held several PR and Communications roles since within the Arts sector.

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