Lawrence Beall Smith, painter, lithographer, illustrator and stone sculptor, was born in Washington, D.C. in 1909. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, and at the University of... Read full biography
Lawrence Beall Smith, painter, lithographer, illustrator and stone sculptor, was born in Washington, D.C. in 1909. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, and at the University of Chicago, receiving a Ph.D. degree in 1931. He also studied in Boston and Gloucester, Massachusetts with... Read full biography
Lawrence Beall Smith, painter, lithographer, illustrator and stone sculptor, was born in Washington, D.C. in 1909. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, and at the University of Chicago, receiving a Ph.D. degree in 1931. He also studied in Boston and Gloucester, Massachusetts with Ernest Thurn, Charles Hopkinson and Harold Zimmerman. His reputation as an artist was secured by a one-man show in 1941 at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. Smith had begun to... Read full biography
Lawrence Beall Smith, painter, lithographer, illustrator and stone sculptor, was born in Washington, D.C. in 1909. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, and at the University of Chicago, receiving a Ph.D. degree in 1931. He also studied in Boston and Gloucester, Massachusetts with Ernest Thurn, Charles Hopkinson and Harold Zimmerman. His reputation as an artist was secured by a one-man show in 1941 at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. Smith had begun to exhibit his work in 1935. Smith was commissioned by Abbott Laboratories in 1944 to cover the Medical Corps in Europe during World War II. He served as an artist at the D-Day landings of Allied troops on the Normandy beaches, as well as painting posters... Read full biography
Lawrence Beall Smith, painter, lithographer, illustrator and stone sculptor, was born in Washington, D.C. in 1909. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, and at the University of Chicago, receiving a Ph.D. degree in 1931. He also studied in Boston and Gloucester, Massachusetts with Ernest Thurn, Charles Hopkinson and Harold Zimmerman. His reputation as an artist was secured by a one-man show in 1941 at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. Smith had begun to exhibit his work in 1935. Smith was commissioned by Abbott Laboratories in 1944 to cover the Medical Corps in Europe during World War II. He served as an artist at the D-Day landings of Allied troops on the Normandy beaches, as well as painting posters supporting the sale of War Bonds. After the War, in the 1940s, he founded the Katonah Gallery (now the Katonah Museum), in Westchester Coun... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (27)
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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
Representing America Ken Trevey Collection American Realist Prints (Exhibition catalog)
1995
Robertson, Bruce
67 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Print Voice: Precarious Balance-a publication on printmaking and print artists
1990
Jule, Walter
91 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
Collected Essays on 101 Art Works From the Permanent Collection, Wichita Art Musem
1988
Wooden, Howard E
212 pages
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
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
American Art of Great Depression Two Sides of the Coin (Exhibition catalog)
1985
Wooden, Howard E
151 pages
Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
656 pages
Paintings and Sculpture In the Permanent Collection
1983
Bermingham, Peter/Daphne Deeds
273 pages (color)
The Neglected Generation of American Realist Painters, 1930-48 Wichita Art Museum Exhibition, May 3-June 14, 1981 (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Wooden, Howard E. (Text)
64 pages (color)
Posters/World War l & World War ll George C Marshall Research Foundation
1979
Crawford, Anthony R
128 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
A Memorial Exhibition The Nathanial Saltonstall Collection (Exhibition catalog)
1969
Phillips, Michael/Andrew Hyde
60 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1959 American Biographies
1959
Gilbert, Dorothy (Editor)
718 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1947
1947
Gilbert, Dorothy, (Editor)
685 pages
Missouri, Heart of the Nation Pictorial Record of Fourteen Artists (Exhibition catalog)
1947
Ravenswaay, Charles
62 pages (color)
University of Arizona Collection of American Art
1947
University of Arizona
106 pages (color)
Contemporary American Painting
1946
Pagano, Grace; Donald Bear (Intro)
260 pages (color)
Portrait of America
1945
Crane, Aimee
204 pages (color)
American Painting Today
1939
Watson, Forbes (essay)
179 pages (color)
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index