Hickory Museum of Art
243 Third Avenue N.E.
Hickory, NC 28601
Hickory, NC 28601
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1858 West Chester, Pennsylvania - 1920 Bronxville, New York. Known for: Printmaking, illustration, society figure black and white drawing, portrait painting.
William Thomas Smedley, a free lance artist, was commissioned by the wealthiest of New York Society for their portraits and was an illustrator of books and major magazines. He received his formal... Read full biography
William Thomas Smedley, a free lance artist, was commissioned by the wealthiest of New York Society for their portraits and was an illustrator of books and major magazines. He received his formal training at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia and then worked in New York City.... Read full biography
William Thomas Smedley, a free lance artist, was commissioned by the wealthiest of New York Society for their portraits and was an illustrator of books and major magazines. He received his formal training at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia and then worked in New York City. Smedley began as a pen and ink artist for Harper and Brothers. He then went abroad to study with Jean Paul Laurens in Paris. In 1882 Smedley was commissioned to travel the Canadian West and create a... Read full biography
William Thomas Smedley, a free lance artist, was commissioned by the wealthiest of New York Society for their portraits and was an illustrator of books and major magazines. He received his formal training at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia and then worked in New York City. Smedley began as a pen and ink artist for Harper and Brothers. He then went abroad to study with Jean Paul Laurens in Paris. In 1882 Smedley was commissioned to travel the Canadian West and create a series of illustrations for "Picturesque Canada". He also sketched while on his travels around the United States and then later the world in 1890. He was a contributor to major magazines such as, Scribner's, Harper's, and The Ladies Home Journal. He... Read full biography
William Thomas Smedley, a free lance artist, was commissioned by the wealthiest of New York Society for their portraits and was an illustrator of books and major magazines. He received his formal training at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia and then worked in New York City. Smedley began as a pen and ink artist for Harper and Brothers. He then went abroad to study with Jean Paul Laurens in Paris. In 1882 Smedley was commissioned to travel the Canadian West and create a series of illustrations for "Picturesque Canada". He also sketched while on his travels around the United States and then later the world in 1890. He was a contributor to major magazines such as, Scribner's, Harper's, and The Ladies Home Journal. He worked in gouache, opaque watercolor for the later halftone engravings and oil for his portraits. Smedley was very active as a memb... Read full biography
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About William Thomas Smedley: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (5)
All MuseumsMuseum of Art at Brigham Young University
North Campus Drive
Box 23300
Provo, UT 84602-1400National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004New Jersey State Museum
205 West State Street
Trenton, NJ 08625-0530The Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102