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1876 Charleston, South Carolina - 1958 Charleston, South Carolina. Known for: Genre, landscape and portrait painting.
One of the leading artists of the Charleston, South Carolina Renaissance, 1915 to 1940, Alice Smith was known for her landscape and genre paintings. She was a descendent of several distinguished... Read full biography
One of the leading artists of the Charleston, South Carolina Renaissance, 1915 to 1940, Alice Smith was known for her landscape and genre paintings. She was a descendent of several distinguished families. She was largely self taught and had neither enough money nor inclination to go to school. She... Read full biography
One of the leading artists of the Charleston, South Carolina Renaissance, 1915 to 1940, Alice Smith was known for her landscape and genre paintings. She was a descendent of several distinguished families. She was largely self taught and had neither enough money nor inclination to go to school. She learned by observing prints of the Japanese ukiyo-e-school, and did numerous woodblock prints using the same principles including the reflection of reverence for nature in her subject matter. New York... Read full biography
One of the leading artists of the Charleston, South Carolina Renaissance, 1915 to 1940, Alice Smith was known for her landscape and genre paintings. She was a descendent of several distinguished families. She was largely self taught and had neither enough money nor inclination to go to school. She learned by observing prints of the Japanese ukiyo-e-school, and did numerous woodblock prints using the same principles including the reflection of reverence for nature in her subject matter. New York artist Lovell Birge Harrison was her only real mentor, and their friendship began in 1908, when he and his wife first stayed in Charleston. They lodged at an inn where there was no studio space, and the friendship began when Smith offered him one of... Read full biography
One of the leading artists of the Charleston, South Carolina Renaissance, 1915 to 1940, Alice Smith was known for her landscape and genre paintings. She was a descendent of several distinguished families. She was largely self taught and had neither enough money nor inclination to go to school. She learned by observing prints of the Japanese ukiyo-e-school, and did numerous woodblock prints using the same principles including the reflection of reverence for nature in her subject matter. New York artist Lovell Birge Harrison was her only real mentor, and their friendship began in 1908, when he and his wife first stayed in Charleston. They lodged at an inn where there was no studio space, and the friendship began when Smith offered him one of the buildings behind her family home. He encouraged her inclination for soft-edged atmospheric lands... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Miniature Art
- •Miniature, Small Scale Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
- •Ukiyo-e Printmaking
Art Media
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
- •Wood Block Print
- •Woodblock, Woodcut, Wood Engraving
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
- •Realism/Semi Impressionism
Art Subject
- •Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Atmospherics, Dramatic Lighting
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Seascapes, Seasides
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Charleston, South Carolina Pre 1940
Art Association
- •American Federation of Arts
- •National Arts Club, New York
- •National Association of Women Artists, Painters and Sculptors
- •Southern States Art League
Art Teacher
- •Lowell Birge Harrison
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Charleston Renaissance Artist
- •Genre Specialty
- •Miniature Specialty
- •Portrait Miniatures
- •Self Taught, Autodidact
- •Watercolor Specialty
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Knoedler Gallery, New York City
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Carolina Art Association-
- •National Association of Women Artists, Painters and Sculptors)
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art