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Birth
1812 (Glasgow, Scotland)
Death
1896 (Glenside, PA (near Philadelphia))
Lived/Active
Pennsylvania
Subject to Copyright
Often Known For
landscape, structure, antiquity
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Hudson River School Painters
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| A painter of grand-scale landscapes in the mid 19th century, Russell Smith was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and emigrated with his parents in 1819 to western Pennsylvania where he grew up in Pittsburgh. His birth name was William Thompson Russell Smith. He was self-taught as an artist, and became a highly successful scenic designer, scientific illustrator, as well as panoramic landscape painter. He excelled at dramatic vistas with atmospheric effects intending to show the grandeu (showing 500 of 7151 characters). |
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