Informal portrait of the artist, Grace Cossington Smith, walking down a Sydney street. Cossington ...

Accession Number P04563.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made c 1930s-1940s
Conflict Period 1930-1939
Second World War, 1939-1945
Period 1940-1949
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Informal portrait of the artist, Grace Cossington Smith, walking down a Sydney street. Cossington Smith, the daughter of English immigrants, received training from Dattilo Rubbo in Sydney between 1909 and 1912 and after this travelled in Britain and Europe for two years. She is regarded as one of the leaders of the avant-garde movement in Australia.