About Joseph B Smith

  • Biography

    A painter of marine scenes including ships and of townscapes, especially churches, Joseph Smith was born in New York City and remained a life-long resident. One of his subjects, painted in 1824, was John Street Methodist Church in New York, and it was later published as a lithograph. He worked in partnership with his son, William S. Smith, and another son, Archibald Cary Smith, was a painter.

    Joseph Smith exhibited at the Brooklyn Art Association.

    Source:
    Peter Falk, "Who's Who in American Art"
    Groce and Wallace, "Dictionary of Artists in America"

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