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1907 Sacramento, California - 1962 Fairfield, New Jersey. Known for: Outdoor sporting scenes, illustration.
Ralph Crosby Smith 1907 - 1962, was born in Sacramento, CA to parents, Henry and Floy Smith who were from Iowa. Ralph graduated form Sacramento High School in 1925 and enrolled in University of... Read full biography
Ralph Crosby Smith 1907 - 1962, was born in Sacramento, CA to parents, Henry and Floy Smith who were from Iowa. Ralph graduated form Sacramento High School in 1925 and enrolled in University of California. He joined Delta Epsilon Art Honor Society and wrote for the student newspaper, The Daily... Read full biography
Ralph Crosby Smith 1907 - 1962, was born in Sacramento, CA to parents, Henry and Floy Smith who were from Iowa. Ralph graduated form Sacramento High School in 1925 and enrolled in University of California. He joined Delta Epsilon Art Honor Society and wrote for the student newspaper, The Daily Californian. After graduating in 1929, he moved to Wilmington, DE to study at the Wilmington Academy of Art. There he took classes under illustrator Gayle Porter Hoskins, a former student of Howard Pyle.... Read full biography
Ralph Crosby Smith 1907 - 1962, was born in Sacramento, CA to parents, Henry and Floy Smith who were from Iowa. Ralph graduated form Sacramento High School in 1925 and enrolled in University of California. He joined Delta Epsilon Art Honor Society and wrote for the student newspaper, The Daily Californian. After graduating in 1929, he moved to Wilmington, DE to study at the Wilmington Academy of Art. There he took classes under illustrator Gayle Porter Hoskins, a former student of Howard Pyle. In 1930 he married Viretta Hoskins. Following the birth of two children, Charles moved to New Jersey in 1933 to continue his career illustrating for many Western Pulps, including Western Aces, Western Story, and Western Trails. His work also appeared... Read full biography
Ralph Crosby Smith 1907 - 1962, was born in Sacramento, CA to parents, Henry and Floy Smith who were from Iowa. Ralph graduated form Sacramento High School in 1925 and enrolled in University of California. He joined Delta Epsilon Art Honor Society and wrote for the student newspaper, The Daily Californian. After graduating in 1929, he moved to Wilmington, DE to study at the Wilmington Academy of Art. There he took classes under illustrator Gayle Porter Hoskins, a former student of Howard Pyle. In 1930 he married Viretta Hoskins. Following the birth of two children, Charles moved to New Jersey in 1933 to continue his career illustrating for many Western Pulps, including Western Aces, Western Story, and Western Trails. His work also appeared in Ten Detective Aces. During WW II his a work appeared in juvenile-reader books: Red Randall, ... Read full biography
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Keywords (20)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Magazine Illustration
Art Media
Art Style
- •Impressionism, Impressionist
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
Art Subject
- •Dogs, Dog Portraits
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Outdoor Sporting Scenes, Field and Stream, Hunting
- •Waterfowl
- •Wildlife, Wild Animal
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
Art Teacher
- •Gayle Porter Hoskins
Art School
- •Wilmington Academy of Art, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Pulp Fiction Illustrator