Born in Greenland and raised in New York City, Dan Smith became a magazine illustrator for Leslie's for seven years, 1890 to 1897, and after that was an artist-correspondent Hearst newspapers and... Read full biography
Born in Greenland and raised in New York City, Dan Smith became a magazine illustrator for Leslie's for seven years, 1890 to 1897, and after that was an artist-correspondent Hearst newspapers and reported on the Spanish American War. "For more than 20 years his covers were used for the Sunday World... Read full biography
Born in Greenland and raised in New York City, Dan Smith became a magazine illustrator for Leslie's for seven years, 1890 to 1897, and after that was an artist-correspondent Hearst newspapers and reported on the Spanish American War. "For more than 20 years his covers were used for the Sunday World magazine section. His dry brush drawings were syndicated nationally." (449). At age 14, he went from New York to Copenhagen, where he attended the Public Arts Institute, and then back in the United... Read full biography
Born in Greenland and raised in New York City, Dan Smith became a magazine illustrator for Leslie's for seven years, 1890 to 1897, and after that was an artist-correspondent Hearst newspapers and reported on the Spanish American War. "For more than 20 years his covers were used for the Sunday World magazine section. His dry brush drawings were syndicated nationally." (449). At age 14, he went from New York to Copenhagen, where he attended the Public Arts Institute, and then back in the United States, he became a student in Philadelphia at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Traveling for Leslie's, he did drawings "on the spot" beginning January, 1891, of troubles at Wounded Knee near Pine Ridge. He also did sketching around... Read full biography
Born in Greenland and raised in New York City, Dan Smith became a magazine illustrator for Leslie's for seven years, 1890 to 1897, and after that was an artist-correspondent Hearst newspapers and reported on the Spanish American War. "For more than 20 years his covers were used for the Sunday World magazine section. His dry brush drawings were syndicated nationally." (449). At age 14, he went from New York to Copenhagen, where he attended the Public Arts Institute, and then back in the United States, he became a student in Philadelphia at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Traveling for Leslie's, he did drawings "on the spot" beginning January, 1891, of troubles at Wounded Knee near Pine Ridge. He also did sketching around Albuquerque, which indicate he made at least one trip to the Southwest. Source:. Peggy and Harold Samuels, Th... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (16)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
The Illustrator in America, 1860-2000 The Society of Illustrators
2001
Reed, Walt
452 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Wake Up, America World War I and the American Poster
1988
Rawls, Walton
288 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary
1985
Dawdy, Doris
1,184 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
The Illustrator in America, 1880-1980: A Century of Illustration
1984
Reed, Walt and Roger
355 pages (color)
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
Posters/World War l & World War ll George C Marshall Research Foundation
1979
Crawford, Anthony R
128 pages
The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
1976
Samuels, Peggy and Harold
549 pages
The Cowboy in American Prints
1972
Meigs, John (intro)
184 pages
The Illustrator in America 1900-1960s
1966
Reed, Walt
272 pages (color)
Artists and Illustrators- Old West 1850-1900
1953
Taft, Robert
400 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index