When Aussie Home Loans founder John Symond met acclaimed Australian artist Jeffrey Smart, the Rich Lister whispered that he had just purchased one of Smart’s iconic works.
The Adelaide-born great was signing books at the Art Gallery of NSW a few months after Mr Symond had acquired The guiding spheres (Homage to Cézanne) II, painted in Tuscany in 1979 and 1980.
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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com
