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Theme: The Land Artist: Jeffrey SMART Birth/Death: 1921 Title: Morning, Yarragon siding Credit Line: Private collection, Melbourne Jeffrey Smart is Australia's most celebrated expatriate artist. A typical Smart painting has an atmosphere of intrigue and anticipation, as though we are looking at a single frame of a movie. Morning, Yarragon siding was inspired by a ramshackle shed on a railway platform, seen by the artist while he was driving through the Victorian countryside. More details Click image to enlarge