Brisbane Times | Methodical craftsman a master of inimitable images of urban life Sydney Morning Herald Although he assumed an imposing stature in his later years, Jeffrey Smart was a grafter not a dasher. A careful, methodical craftsman, he had little respect for painters such as Sidney Nolan who might produce dozens of canvases in a week. For Smart a ... Smart's rites of paint central to glory of National Gallery Smart captured the beautiful things Australian painter Jeffrey Smart dies at 91 |