1933 1934 1935 1936 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1947 1949 1950 1951 1953 1954 1955 1956 1958
1959 1960
Painting nudes in Paris. In December drove to South of France, stayed at Cagnes-sur-Mer. Exhibition of his paintings in The Hague. In London for exhibition Recent Paintings by Matthew Smith at Tooth’s May/August. In Cagnes, apart from August visit to family in Norfolk. Painted landscapes around Cagnes. Tate Gallery bought Cyclamen. In Cagnes until move to Aix en Provence, in March. Exhibition of Recent Paintings at Tooth’s in November. Tate Gallery bought Model Turning. Showed twenty-three paintings at Venice Biennale. In London for Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings by Matthew Smith (the Jacob Epstein. Collection) at the Leicester Galleries. Showed in Trois Peintres Anglais, Galerie Bing, Paris. Included in British Paintings since Whistler, National Gallery, London. May: His son Dermot Smith wounded. June: His son Frederick Smith killed in war. December: Dermot Smith killed in war. January: took studio at 11 Cunningham Place, London. Painted Mary Keene. Paintings by Matthew Smith, Alex Reid & Lefevre, London and Jacob Epstein, Matthew Smith at Temple Newsam, Leeds. The Tate bought The Young Actress. Publication of Matthew Smith by Philip Hendy. Paintings by Matthew Smith of the Years 1938-1940, Tooth’s. Visited Francis Halliday in Wales. Received CBE. Matthew Smith: 15 Paintings from 1921-1946 at the Mayor Gallery, London. Exhibition of watercolour and drawings at Redfern Gallery. Twenty-seven works exhibited at the Venice Biennale. Paintings of Various Periods by Matthew Smith, Tooth’s. Matthew Smith at the Tate Gallery. Visits Cornwall, Norfolk and Aix. Visit to Francis Halliday in Wales. Knighted. Vera Cunningham died. August: Smith admitted to Clinique Valmont. Two Masters of Colour: Matthew Smith and Roderic O’Conor, Roland, Browse and Delbanco. Awarded honorary doctorate by University of London. Gwen Smith died. March/April operation Guy’s Hospital. Spring: Three Masters of British Painting: Sir Matthew Smith, Victor Pasmore and Francis Bacon, Arts Council. October: second operation at Royal Marsden Hospital. Died 29 September in London. October/December: Matthew Smith 1879-1959 at Royal Academy, London.
This text is based on the chronology in Alice Keene, The Two Mr Smiths (1995), with grateful thanks.