Jack Carington Smith (26 February 1908 – 19 March 1972) was an Australian artist from

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. Born simply "Smith", he adopted "Carington Smith" as his surname around 1936 when he won a travelling scholarship which enabled him to study at the

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, London. He was head of the art department,

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from 1940 to 1970 during which time it was renamed

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, a faculty of the University of Tasmania. He won the Sulman Prize in 1949 for ''Bush Pastoral'', a Mural design for New State Building, Hobart, and (after entering regularly for twenty years) the Archibald Prize in 1963 with a portrait of Professor James McAuley, who was then the chair of the University of Tasmania, and the Rubinstein Prize 1966. Smith also worked as a tutor who taught other artists, including

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, Roger Murphy and

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. The Carington Smith Library in the Centre for the Arts, University of Tasmania is named for him.

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1908 births 1972 deaths People educated at Launceston Church Grammar School Archibald Prize winners 20th-century Australian painters 20th-century Australian male artists Australian male painters {{Australia-painter-stub