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1901 St Louis, Missouri - 1990. Known for: Landscape, figure, still life.
Wallace Herndon Smith. from "Wallace Herndon Smith : Paintings" by Lee Hall published by the Academy for Educational Development and University of Washington Press.). "This is the story of one... Read full biography
Wallace Herndon Smith. from "Wallace Herndon Smith : Paintings" by Lee Hall published by the Academy for Educational Development and University of Washington Press.). "This is the story of one American painter, heretofore unheralded, and of his singular life in art, his searches, personal failures,... Read full biography
Wallace Herndon Smith. from "Wallace Herndon Smith : Paintings" by Lee Hall published by the Academy for Educational Development and University of Washington Press.). "This is the story of one American painter, heretofore unheralded, and of his singular life in art, his searches, personal failures, and successes as an artist." . Wallace Smith was born in 1901 into affluence and spent much of his life defending his right to "artist" status. He painted mostly in his native St. Louis, but was... Read full biography
Wallace Herndon Smith. from "Wallace Herndon Smith : Paintings" by Lee Hall published by the Academy for Educational Development and University of Washington Press.). "This is the story of one American painter, heretofore unheralded, and of his singular life in art, his searches, personal failures, and successes as an artist." . Wallace Smith was born in 1901 into affluence and spent much of his life defending his right to "artist" status. He painted mostly in his native St. Louis, but was never a regionalist as defined by art terminology. From his studies in France, he absorbed attitudes and skills associated with late nineteenth and early twentieth century French painters, but he applied his vision and his paint through a predominantly... Read full biography
Wallace Herndon Smith. from "Wallace Herndon Smith : Paintings" by Lee Hall published by the Academy for Educational Development and University of Washington Press.). "This is the story of one American painter, heretofore unheralded, and of his singular life in art, his searches, personal failures, and successes as an artist." . Wallace Smith was born in 1901 into affluence and spent much of his life defending his right to "artist" status. He painted mostly in his native St. Louis, but was never a regionalist as defined by art terminology. From his studies in France, he absorbed attitudes and skills associated with late nineteenth and early twentieth century French painters, but he applied his vision and his paint through a predominantly American, even midwestern, sensibility. A traditional painter after the style of... Read full biography
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Keywords (18)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Style
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Still Life
Art Association
- •Salons of America
Art Teacher
- •Charles Hawthorne
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Salons of America-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts