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1891 Ireland - 1943 Los Angeles, California. Known for: Landscape, genre, still-life, industrial.
John Christopher Smith (1891-1943) (Eagle Rock). Painted in Cambria alongside Franz Bischoff in the mid 1920s. “Painter. Born in Ireland in 1891. Smith arrived in the U. S. about 1903. Following... Read full biography
John Christopher Smith (1891-1943) (Eagle Rock). Painted in Cambria alongside Franz Bischoff in the mid 1920s. “Painter. Born in Ireland in 1891. Smith arrived in the U. S. about 1903. Following service in the U. S. Armed Forces during WWI, he studied art in NYC with Robert Henri. After a brief... Read full biography
John Christopher Smith (1891-1943) (Eagle Rock). Painted in Cambria alongside Franz Bischoff in the mid 1920s. “Painter. Born in Ireland in 1891. Smith arrived in the U. S. about 1903. Following service in the U. S. Armed Forces during WWI, he studied art in NYC with Robert Henri. After a brief time in Chicago, he moved to Los Angeles in 1920. By 1926 he was exhibiting regularly at the Wilshire Galleries and the Pasadena Art Institute. Smith was a close friend of artist Franz Bischoff with whom... Read full biography
John Christopher Smith (1891-1943) (Eagle Rock). Painted in Cambria alongside Franz Bischoff in the mid 1920s. “Painter. Born in Ireland in 1891. Smith arrived in the U. S. about 1903. Following service in the U. S. Armed Forces during WWI, he studied art in NYC with Robert Henri. After a brief time in Chicago, he moved to Los Angeles in 1920. By 1926 he was exhibiting regularly at the Wilshire Galleries and the Pasadena Art Institute. Smith was a close friend of artist Franz Bischoff with whom he sketched and co-exhibited until Bischoff’s death in 1929. After the stock market crash in 1929 and the closing of the Wilshire Galleries, he earned his living as an interior decorator. Smith was a resident of Eagle Rock, Ca. in 1932 and died of... Read full biography
John Christopher Smith (1891-1943) (Eagle Rock). Painted in Cambria alongside Franz Bischoff in the mid 1920s. “Painter. Born in Ireland in 1891. Smith arrived in the U. S. about 1903. Following service in the U. S. Armed Forces during WWI, he studied art in NYC with Robert Henri. After a brief time in Chicago, he moved to Los Angeles in 1920. By 1926 he was exhibiting regularly at the Wilshire Galleries and the Pasadena Art Institute. Smith was a close friend of artist Franz Bischoff with whom he sketched and co-exhibited until Bischoff’s death in 1929. After the stock market crash in 1929 and the closing of the Wilshire Galleries, he earned his living as an interior decorator. Smith was a resident of Eagle Rock, Ca. in 1932 and died of tuberculosis in LA. His paintings are characterized by a clear, bright palette and bold, heavy brush strokes. As well as land... Read full biography
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John Christopher Smith (1891-1943) (Eagle Rock)
Painted in Cambria alongside Franz Bischoff in the mid 1920s.
“Painter. Born in Ireland in 1891. Smith arrived in the U. S. about 1903. Following service in the U. S. Armed Forces during WWI, he studied art in NYC with Robert Henri. After a brief time in Chicago, he moved to Los Angeles in 1920. By 1926 he was exhibiting regularly at the Wilshire Galleries and the Pasadena Art Institute. Smith was a close friend of artist Franz Bischoff with whom he sketched and co-exhibited until Bischoff’s death in 1929.
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