The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
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Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
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1929 Brooklyn, New York - 2003. Known for: Mod urban-ethnic imagery, etching.
A Brooklyn native, Vincent Smith studied at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Skowhegan School of Painting, and later continued his education at age 50 at New York State University, Saratoga. After a... Read full biography
A Brooklyn native, Vincent Smith studied at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Skowhegan School of Painting, and later continued his education at age 50 at New York State University, Saratoga. After a tumultuous period in his youth, Smith dropped out of school, and he spent a summer living out of a... Read full biography
A Brooklyn native, Vincent Smith studied at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Skowhegan School of Painting, and later continued his education at age 50 at New York State University, Saratoga. After a tumultuous period in his youth, Smith dropped out of school, and he spent a summer living out of a boxcar while working on the railroad. Although Smith had seemingly turned down a dark path, it was then that his mind started to meander to artistic ideas. Upon returning home, a friend invited him to... Read full biography
A Brooklyn native, Vincent Smith studied at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Skowhegan School of Painting, and later continued his education at age 50 at New York State University, Saratoga. After a tumultuous period in his youth, Smith dropped out of school, and he spent a summer living out of a boxcar while working on the railroad. Although Smith had seemingly turned down a dark path, it was then that his mind started to meander to artistic ideas. Upon returning home, a friend invited him to go to a museum."Something told me when I walked into the museum that this was where I belonged.". His first artistic inspiration came from Jacob Lawrence. Smith stated "the thing that I noticed about Lawrence, more so than his color or anything... Read full biography
A Brooklyn native, Vincent Smith studied at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Skowhegan School of Painting, and later continued his education at age 50 at New York State University, Saratoga. After a tumultuous period in his youth, Smith dropped out of school, and he spent a summer living out of a boxcar while working on the railroad. Although Smith had seemingly turned down a dark path, it was then that his mind started to meander to artistic ideas. Upon returning home, a friend invited him to go to a museum."Something told me when I walked into the museum that this was where I belonged.". His first artistic inspiration came from Jacob Lawrence. Smith stated "the thing that I noticed about Lawrence, more so than his color or anything else—although he's a superb colorist—was his composition." Vincent Smith is very deliberate and conscious of composition in his work.... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004McGowan, Alison C (Editor)1,512 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993Bowker R R1,473 pagesThe Artist as Native: Reinventing Regionalism
1992Gussow, Alan; John Driscoll (Intro)120 pages (color)The American Collections Columbus Museum of Art
1988Columbus Museum of Art271 pages (color)Commited to Print
1988
(Exhibition catalog)Wye, Deborah120 pagesWho's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986Jaques Cattell Press1,292 pagesAmerican Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans
1985Krantz, Les347 pages (color)American Art in the Newark Museum Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
1981Newark Museum431 pages (color)American Paintings/Brooklyn Museum Complete Illustrated Listing of Works
1979Brooklyn Museum133 pages (color)A Selection of American Art The Skowhegan School 1946-1976
1976Institute of Contemporary Art194 pagesAmistad II Afro-American Art
1975
(Exhibition catalog)Driskell, David C92 pagesAfro-American Artists: A Bio-Bibliographical Directory
1973Cederholm, Theresa Dickason348 pagesBlack Dimensions in Contemporary American Art
1971Atkinson, J Edward127 pages (color)Contemporary Black Artists in America (Whitney Museum of American Art)
1971
(Exhibition catalog)Doty, Robert64 pages (color)Afro-American Artists New York and Boston
1970
(Exhibition catalog)National Cent/Afro-Am Artists80 pages