杰夫聪明，因为他通常称前30年他的生活，出生在阿德莱德在1921年他开始在幼年时期绘画。“我的父母会给我大纸片，海报或日历往往背上......任何东西。” 他在受过教育的Pulteney文法学校和Unley高中，和原本想成为一名建筑师。然而，在阿德莱德师范学院和研究后，艺术和手工艺的南澳大利亚学校在1937 - 1941，他在1942年至1947年任教艺术学校南澳大利亚州教育部门。在20世纪40年代初，他伴随着当地海事艺术家，约翰·贾尔斯，在画工业景观港阿德莱德。他加入了皇家艺术南澳大利亚社会围绕1941年和当选副总统在1950年正是在这个时期他承认自己的同性恋倾向。

智能前往欧洲于1948年，在香格里拉大Chaumière酒店，后来下费尔南·莱热的Académie蒙马特在巴黎留学。“由于我的技术的增长，我发现我可以画这些东西我很喜欢看，城市公寓落后于贫民窟的街道”。1950年，他住在岛上的伊斯基亚在那不勒斯，在那里他画与海湾唐纳德朋友，迈克尔·香农和杰奎琳·希克。

当他在1951年跑出的钱，他搬到了悉尼，花了未来2年有艺术评论家的每日电讯报（1952年至1954年），艺术主持人叫菲迪亚斯的ABC儿童的电台节目，在淘金和绘图老师在全国艺术学院（1956年至1962年）。从1956年到1962年，他还介绍了ABC电视台的儿童小时。智能也被雇用的国王学院，巴拉玛打在1954-56作为一个美术老师，下面让Bellette（称为Haefliger夫人）和约翰·帕斯莫尔。他表现出在此期间在麦格理画廊。

智能离开澳大利亚前往伦敦的卡斯特菲菲从悉尼圣诞节后的1963年，行驶到希腊同胞画家贾斯汀·奥布莱恩。1965年，他回到意大利，并在那里住了他的余生，对于自己作为一个“澳大利亚在国外的生活”，并携带澳大利亚护照。他的最后一部作品，“迷宫”，是在2011年完成，在这一点上，他宣布退役。

智能2013年6月死于肾功能衰竭阿雷佐20日，91岁的

智能是澳大利亚最著名的艺术家之一[用他标志性的差不多，独特的意象，由各种各样的艺术家和艺术形式的严重影响。他的当代生活的写照鲜明，既现实和荒谬的，已经有许多艺术讨论的基础。灵动的绘画批评和崇拜者经常辩论他的主题，但在采访中还灵动宁愿不讨论他的风格; “离开的解释为个别观众的特权。” 智能状态，而当问他“因为他喜欢的形状描绘出一幅图画”为什么他的天空总是那么阴郁和烟雾载货或为什么他的脸上永远笑一笑，他声称：“我需要一个黑暗的天空中的成分，因为在框架顶部淡蓝色看起来一点...... 因为笑脸是太难画”。

灵动的无情的画作包括寂寞的城市景观，似乎都不安和威胁。[孤立的个体似乎在工业荒地，全高层建筑，混凝土街道景观和和谐与平衡的一种阴森恐怖的感觉的丧失-在沉默和寂静创建死一般的氛围。“景观的快递强奸'是一个标题挂在灵动的画，指的是他的工作一直存在的科目高速公路，路牌，卡车，油桶，集装箱，建筑和混凝土分隔。同时他的画-充满了大胆的色彩和完美的对称-是美丽的。在他的作品路标的重复，例如，提出一个不确定的方向和框架之外的世界是诱人的建议。

数字是存在于许多灵动的画。这些被认为是“冷漠的观察员，不甘心的事当代状态，准备自己适应日益客观环境”或“现代建筑与社会绘画的非人性化符合声明”。然而，根据灵动，“事实是，我把人物主要为规模化”。它是智能的精确和无与伦比注意清洁线，组成和几何形状，使他抢眼的画作脱颖而出出“现代澳大利亚艺术的故事”。“的主题仅仅是打开门，钩上它挂大衣的铰链。我唯一关心的是投入正确的颜色正确的形状在正确的地方，它始终是几何体”。

在现代艺术家的辅导课，杜丽黑，灵动熟悉自己与“ 中庸 ”。也被称为“黄金比例”，“神圣比例”，“菲迪亚斯的平均值”和其他一些名字，已经因为在艺术和建筑的许多作品古希腊时期使用。中道是几何比例，其中所述比例是大约1：1.618。这种复杂的联锁矩形，三角形和对角线的网络，用于计算的智能的画，形成了所有艺术品的基础结构。智能，几何形状和成分的精确度是关键，成功的艺术，就像喜剧时机是如何的关键妙语的有效性。“今天的最普遍的说法是，聪明的工作没有内容：这一切都是致力于捕捉美的正式理想的组成演习”。
 

Geoff is clever as he usually calls the first 30 years of his life, born in Adelaide in 1921 and he began painting in his early childhood. "My parents would give me a big piece of paper, a poster or a calendar." He was educated at Pulteney grammar school and Unley high school, and originally wanted to be an architect. However, after the Adelaide Institute of Arts and crafts, South Australia School of Arts and crafts in 1937 -, he taught art school in South Australia State Department of education from 1942 to 1947. In the early 1940s, he was accompanied by a local maritime artist, John Giles, in painting the industrial landscape of Adelaide. He joined the Royal Society of arts around South Australia in 1941 and was elected vice president in 1950 and it was during this period that he admitted his homosexual tendencies.
Intelligent travel to Europe in 1948, at the Shangri-La Chaumi re Acad Mie Montmartre Hotel, later Fernand Leger's study in Paris. "With the growth of my skills, I found that I can draw these things I like to watch, and the Town Apartments is behind the slums". In 1950, he lived on the island of Ischia in Naples, where he painted with bay Donald friends, Michael Shannon and Jacqueline Hick.
In 1951 when he ran out of money, he moved to Sydney and spent the future art critic of the Daily Telegraph 2 years (1952 to 1954), art host named Faye Diaz ABC children's radio program, in the gold rush and drawing teacher at the National Art Academy (1956 to 1962). From 1956 to 1962, he also introduced ABC TV children's hour. Intelligence has also been hired by King's college, Barama playing in 1954-56 as an art teacher, let Bellette (called Haefliger lady) and John Passmore. He showed during the Macquarie gallery.
Intelligence leaves Australia to Kast Fifi from London in after Christmas in the year of 1963, traveling to the Greek painter, Justin OBrien. In 1965, he returned to Italy, where he lived for the rest of his life, as for himself as a "living abroad in Australia" and carrying an Australian passport. His last piece, the "labyrinth", was completed in 2011, at which point he announced his retirement.
Intelligent June 2013 died of renal failure 20 days in Arezzo, 91 years old

Intelligence is one of Australia's most famous artists, with its iconic almost unique image, a serious impact by a variety of artists and art forms. His vivid portrayal of contemporary life, both realistic and absurd, has been the basis of many artistic discussions. Clever painting critics and admirers often debate his subject, but in the interview also prefer to do not discuss his style, "leaving the interpretation of the privileges of the individual audience." Intelligent state, and when asked him "because he love the shape of the picture" why his sky is so gloomy and smoke laden or why his face always smile, he said: "I need a dark sky in the composition, because in the frame at the top light blue looks a little smile... Because... It is too difficult to draw".
Smart ruthless paintings including the lonely city landscape, and did not seem to have a threat. The isolated individual seems to be in the industrial wasteland, full of high-rise buildings, the loss of concrete street landscape and harmony and balance an eerie feeling of the atmosphere to create a dead in silence and silence. "Landscape express rape 'is a title hanging in the smart painting refers to the subject of highway, his work there has been signs, trucks, drums, containers, buildings and concrete walls. At the same time his paintings - filled with bold colors and perfect symmetry - are beautiful. In his work, the repetition of landmarks, for example, presents an uncertain direction and the framework of the outside world is tempting to suggest.
Numbers are present in many clever paintings. These are considered to be "indifferent observers, unwilling to act in a contemporary state, to prepare themselves to adapt to an increasingly objective environment" or "modern architecture and social painting are not in conformity with the declaration of human nature". However, according to smart, "the fact is, I put the characters mainly for the scale". It is intelligent and accurate incomparable clean lines, composition and geometry, made him stand out eye-catching paintings "modern Australian art story". "The theme is just to open the door and hook it up with a coat hinge. The only thing I care about is putting the right color in the right shape in the right place".
In the modern artist's coaching class, Tully black, clever and familiar with their own "golden mean"". Also known as the "golden ratio", "divine proportion", "average Phidias" and some other name, because has been used in many works of art and architecture in ancient greece. The geometric proportion, wherein the ratio is about 1:1.618. This complex interlocking rectangular, triangular and diagonal network is used to compute the intelligent painting that forms the basis of all artwork. Intelligent, geometry and composition of the accuracy is the key to successful art, like comedy time is how the effectiveness of key punch. "The most common saying today is that there is nothing in the work of the wise: it is all an effort to capture the formal ideals of beauty".