DETAIL: Grace COSSINGTON SMITH,  'Interior in yellow', 1964, oil on composition board, National Gallery of Australia
 
 
Grace COSSINGTON SMITH | Daffodils growing

 
COSSINGTON SMITH, Grace
Australia 1892 – Australia 1984
UK, Europe 1912-14; UK, Italy 1949-51
Daffodils growing 1930
oil on card
35.5 (h) x 54.5 (w) cm
Art Gallery of Western Australia Purchased with funds from the Sir Claude Hotchin Art Foundation and the Nanny Barker Bequest Fund, 1996
VIEW: Article |

Numerous works reveal Cossington Smith’s inventiveness across a range of subject matter. These engaging works were inspired by forms in various locations: from radiating plants in the artist’s garden in Sydney to Govett’s Leap in the Blue Mountains in New South Wales; from Black Mountain in Canberra to the South Coast of New South Wales.

NGA Home | Introduction | Gallery | Search | Essays | Seminar | Learning | Visiting | Previous