The following is from Sandra Burke of Belchertown, Massachusetts. She is a relative and collector of the work of the artist. Frank Vining Smith, we affectionately called him "Smithy", was a distant... Read full biography
The following is from Sandra Burke of Belchertown, Massachusetts. She is a relative and collector of the work of the artist. Frank Vining Smith, we affectionately called him "Smithy", was a distant cousin of mine. Although somewhat far-removed on the family tree, we were very close. I spent the... Read full biography
The following is from Sandra Burke of Belchertown, Massachusetts. She is a relative and collector of the work of the artist. Frank Vining Smith, we affectionately called him "Smithy", was a distant cousin of mine. Although somewhat far-removed on the family tree, we were very close. I spent the greater part of my childhood summers, from age four on, with Smithy and his family. For many years he resided with his wife Nella Lesta Bonney, her sister Florence Bonney, and their dear friend, Ednah... Read full biography
The following is from Sandra Burke of Belchertown, Massachusetts. She is a relative and collector of the work of the artist. Frank Vining Smith, we affectionately called him "Smithy", was a distant cousin of mine. Although somewhat far-removed on the family tree, we were very close. I spent the greater part of my childhood summers, from age four on, with Smithy and his family. For many years he resided with his wife Nella Lesta Bonney, her sister Florence Bonney, and their dear friend, Ednah Blanchard at their High Street home in Hingham, Massachusetts. Smithy painted murals on the dining room walls of the house in Hingham. On the west wall he created a typical New England harbor scene, a great brigantine anchored in the forefront, sails... Read full biography
The following is from Sandra Burke of Belchertown, Massachusetts. She is a relative and collector of the work of the artist. Frank Vining Smith, we affectionately called him "Smithy", was a distant cousin of mine. Although somewhat far-removed on the family tree, we were very close. I spent the greater part of my childhood summers, from age four on, with Smithy and his family. For many years he resided with his wife Nella Lesta Bonney, her sister Florence Bonney, and their dear friend, Ednah Blanchard at their High Street home in Hingham, Massachusetts. Smithy painted murals on the dining room walls of the house in Hingham. On the west wall he created a typical New England harbor scene, a great brigantine anchored in the forefront, sails half lowered and lazily flapping in the breeze, and in the far distance, a clipper beating its way into the harbor... Read full biography
Frank Vining Smith - Artist Info
About Frank Vining Smith: Books
Books & Publications (18)
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Frank Vining Smith: Maritime Painting in the 20th Century
2010
Craig, James A.
0 pages (color)
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
Vose Art Notes Tenth Anniversary Issue Art and Collecting in America: An Illustrated Timeline
2002
Vose, Marcia L. (editor)
37 pages (color)
Picturing Chatham American Landscape Painting 1882-1971
2001
Chatham Historical Society
48 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Master Pieces The Art History of Jigsaw Puzzles
1998
McCann, Chris (Author); Louis Darling (Illustrator)
223 pages (color)
Vose Art Notes: A Guide for Collectors Art and Collecting in America, Part Two
1997
Vose Galleries
35 pages (color)
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
300 Years of American Art (two volumes)
1986
Zellman, Michael David
1,102 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Dictionary of Sea Painters
1980
Archibald, E H H
455 pages (color)
Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
1975
Editor, Smithsonian
0 pages
The U S A A History in Art
1975
Smith, Bradley
296 pages (color)
American Painters Of the Impressionist Period Rediscovered
1975
Weber, Nicholas Fox
104 pages (color)
With An Eye on the Gallery American Painters in Oil
1966
Dodd, Loring Holmes
251 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index