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1891 Ireland - 1943 Los Angeles, California. Known for: Landscape, genre, still-life, industrial.
John Christopher Smith (1891-1943) (Eagle Rock). Painted in Cambria alongside Franz Bischoff in the mid 1920s. “Painter. Born in Ireland in 1891. Smith arrived in the U. S. about 1903. Following... Read full biography
John Christopher Smith (1891-1943) (Eagle Rock). Painted in Cambria alongside Franz Bischoff in the mid 1920s. “Painter. Born in Ireland in 1891. Smith arrived in the U. S. about 1903. Following service in the U. S. Armed Forces during WWI, he studied art in NYC with Robert Henri. After a brief... Read full biography
John Christopher Smith (1891-1943) (Eagle Rock). Painted in Cambria alongside Franz Bischoff in the mid 1920s. “Painter. Born in Ireland in 1891. Smith arrived in the U. S. about 1903. Following service in the U. S. Armed Forces during WWI, he studied art in NYC with Robert Henri. After a brief time in Chicago, he moved to Los Angeles in 1920. By 1926 he was exhibiting regularly at the Wilshire Galleries and the Pasadena Art Institute. Smith was a close friend of artist Franz Bischoff with whom... Read full biography
John Christopher Smith (1891-1943) (Eagle Rock). Painted in Cambria alongside Franz Bischoff in the mid 1920s. “Painter. Born in Ireland in 1891. Smith arrived in the U. S. about 1903. Following service in the U. S. Armed Forces during WWI, he studied art in NYC with Robert Henri. After a brief time in Chicago, he moved to Los Angeles in 1920. By 1926 he was exhibiting regularly at the Wilshire Galleries and the Pasadena Art Institute. Smith was a close friend of artist Franz Bischoff with whom he sketched and co-exhibited until Bischoff’s death in 1929. After the stock market crash in 1929 and the closing of the Wilshire Galleries, he earned his living as an interior decorator. Smith was a resident of Eagle Rock, Ca. in 1932 and died of... Read full biography
John Christopher Smith (1891-1943) (Eagle Rock). Painted in Cambria alongside Franz Bischoff in the mid 1920s. “Painter. Born in Ireland in 1891. Smith arrived in the U. S. about 1903. Following service in the U. S. Armed Forces during WWI, he studied art in NYC with Robert Henri. After a brief time in Chicago, he moved to Los Angeles in 1920. By 1926 he was exhibiting regularly at the Wilshire Galleries and the Pasadena Art Institute. Smith was a close friend of artist Franz Bischoff with whom he sketched and co-exhibited until Bischoff’s death in 1929. After the stock market crash in 1929 and the closing of the Wilshire Galleries, he earned his living as an interior decorator. Smith was a resident of Eagle Rock, Ca. in 1932 and died of tuberculosis in LA. His paintings are characterized by a clear, bright palette and bold, heavy brush strokes. As well as land... Read full biography
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Keywords (37)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
Art Subject
- •Beach Scenes, Bathers, Swimming Genre
- •Chinatown in Any North American City
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Industrial Scenes, Factories, Labor Genre and Figure
- •Landscape
- •Landscape with Cattle, Sheep or Other Farm Animals
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •National Parks and/or State Parks
- •Seascapes, Seasides
- •Social Realism
- •Spanish Missions, California
- •Still Life
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Arizona Before 1945
- •California Before 1940
- •Catalina Island
- •Grand Canyon, Arizona
- •Monterey, Carmel California
- •New Mexico Before 1940
- •Pacific Northwest Before 1900
- •Zion National Park
Art Teacher
- •Robert Henri
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Art Collection
- •J.L Hubbell Collection, Arizona
- •Morton H. Fleischer Collection
Added Description
- •Genre Specialty