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1842 Edgehill, Pennsylvania - 1878 Pennsylvania. Known for: Chickens, landscape, still life.
Mary Russell Smith was born at Edgehill, close to Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. She was a true lover of nature and all the things of nature, wandering the fields and woods near her childhood home,... Read full biography
Mary Russell Smith was born at Edgehill, close to Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. She was a true lover of nature and all the things of nature, wandering the fields and woods near her childhood home, gathering objects that caught her eye. Smith had much influence to become an an artist because all in her... Read full biography
Mary Russell Smith was born at Edgehill, close to Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. She was a true lover of nature and all the things of nature, wandering the fields and woods near her childhood home, gathering objects that caught her eye. Smith had much influence to become an an artist because all in her family were painters. Her father, Russell, was a well-known landscapist, her mother a painter of flowers, and her brother Xanthus, a marine painter, was also well-known. She attended no art schools,... Read full biography
Mary Russell Smith was born at Edgehill, close to Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. She was a true lover of nature and all the things of nature, wandering the fields and woods near her childhood home, gathering objects that caught her eye. Smith had much influence to become an an artist because all in her family were painters. Her father, Russell, was a well-known landscapist, her mother a painter of flowers, and her brother Xanthus, a marine painter, was also well-known. She attended no art schools, and started to paint at age fourteen, when she was taught by her mother. When she died in 1878 at age 36, her father summed up the inspiration nature held for Smith, and her love of it, in "A Brief Sketch of the Life of Mary Smith, the Painter." "Such... Read full biography
Mary Russell Smith was born at Edgehill, close to Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. She was a true lover of nature and all the things of nature, wandering the fields and woods near her childhood home, gathering objects that caught her eye. Smith had much influence to become an an artist because all in her family were painters. Her father, Russell, was a well-known landscapist, her mother a painter of flowers, and her brother Xanthus, a marine painter, was also well-known. She attended no art schools, and started to paint at age fourteen, when she was taught by her mother. When she died in 1878 at age 36, her father summed up the inspiration nature held for Smith, and her love of it, in "A Brief Sketch of the Life of Mary Smith, the Painter." "Such habits early in life no doubt laid the foundation of that strong love of nature that was more a passion than a predilection, and remain... Read full biography
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About Mary Russell Smith: Books
Books & Publications (12)
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesThe Smiths: A Family of Philadelphia Artists
1999
(Exhibition catalog)Torchia, Robert W.62 pages (color)The Smith Family Painters: A Series of Exhibitions
1998
(Exhibition catalog)Torchia, Robert W. (text), David B. Rowland (exhib. checklist)80 pages (color)The American Paintings (in the) Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art
1989Fresella-Lee, Nancy222 pages (color)Annual Exhibition Record, 1807-1870, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1988
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings472 pagesA Century of Philadelphia Artists Frank S. Schwarz & Son
1988
(Exhibition catalog)Hall, Audrey64 pages (color)300 Years of American Art (two volumes)
1986Zellman, Michael David1,102 pages (color)Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900
1985Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie851 pagesAmerican Paintings
1985
(Exhibition catalog)Schwarz-Philadelphia30 pagesWomen Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present
1973Collins, Jim L.426 pages