A painter, decorator and art administrator, Frank Hill Smith served as the Director of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Although he lived primarily in Boston, he also spent many years... Read full biography
A painter, decorator and art administrator, Frank Hill Smith served as the Director of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Although he lived primarily in Boston, he also spent many years in Europe where he studied with Leon Bonnat in Paris and exhibited at the Paris Salon. Countries... Read full biography
A painter, decorator and art administrator, Frank Hill Smith served as the Director of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Although he lived primarily in Boston, he also spent many years in Europe where he studied with Leon Bonnat in Paris and exhibited at the Paris Salon. Countries besides France that he visited were Holland, Belgium and Italy. In the 1870s, his focus turned to decoration, and his decorative work is at the Windsor Hotel and the Opera House in Holyoke, Massachusetts.... Read full biography
A painter, decorator and art administrator, Frank Hill Smith served as the Director of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Although he lived primarily in Boston, he also spent many years in Europe where he studied with Leon Bonnat in Paris and exhibited at the Paris Salon. Countries besides France that he visited were Holland, Belgium and Italy. In the 1870s, his focus turned to decoration, and his decorative work is at the Windsor Hotel and the Opera House in Holyoke, Massachusetts. In 1876, he was a member of the Jury of Fine Arts at the Philadelphia Exposition. Source:. Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art". ----------------------------------------------------------------------. Note submitted December 2004 from... Read full biography
A painter, decorator and art administrator, Frank Hill Smith served as the Director of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Although he lived primarily in Boston, he also spent many years in Europe where he studied with Leon Bonnat in Paris and exhibited at the Paris Salon. Countries besides France that he visited were Holland, Belgium and Italy. In the 1870s, his focus turned to decoration, and his decorative work is at the Windsor Hotel and the Opera House in Holyoke, Massachusetts. In 1876, he was a member of the Jury of Fine Arts at the Philadelphia Exposition. Source:. Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art". ----------------------------------------------------------------------. Note submitted December 2004 from Christopher Janney, great grandson of the artist. Frank Hill Smith also used the name of Frank Hillsmith "as a suda-name". Fannie Hillsmith... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (12)
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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
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
American Art at the Nineteenth Century Paris Salons
1990
Fink, Lois Marie; Albert Boime, Forward; Elizabeth Broun, Preface
430 pages (color)
Venice/The Artist's Vision Guide to British and American Painters
1990
Halsby, Julian
223 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
National Portrait Gallery Collection Illustrated Checklist
1985
Smithsonian Institution
461 pages
Dictionary of 19th Century American Artists in Italy (1760-1940)
1982
Soria, Regina
332 pages
Living New England Artists (reprint 1888 edition)
1977
Robinson, Frank
215 pages
American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Two Volumes)
1969
Rathbone, Perry Townsend (Ed)
600 pages (color)
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index