Papers and biographical notes [manuscript].

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Papers and biographical notes [manuscript].

I Manuscripts by S. V. Smith including original MS "Big Bits" 1901, also articles and essays. II Correspondence 1905-1949, chiefly re Australian Art and the Society of Artists. Correspondents include Norman Carter, Julian Ashton, Lady Casey, William Dobell, Donald Friend, Elioth Grüner, Hans Heysen, Amy B. Lambert, G. W. Lambert, Lionel Lindsay, Norman Lindsay Rose Lindsay, Hugh McCrae, Keith Murdock, Lloyd Rees, Tom Roberts, Sir Arthur Streeton and Hardy Wilson. Also miscellaneous letters concerning i.a. Art in Australia and awards to Smith. III Papers 1902-1939 including accounts biographical notes and miscellaneous printed material.

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Smith, Sydney Ure, 1887-1949

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Publisher and artist, pioneer of art publishing in Australia. Publisher of quarterly, Art in Australia, he also wrote books on Australian artists, including Streeton, Lambert, Grüner and Heysen. President of Society of Artists, 1921-1948. He received an OBE for service to art in 1937. From the description of Papers and biographical notes [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225793825 Eldest son of John and Catherine Ure Smith. He founded the publishing h...