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|  Gordon Dean Smith was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on November 10th, 1897 and actively painted for over 50 years. He died in New York City in 1976. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and Chicago Academy of Fine Arts as well as with Andre' L'Hote in Paris, and Russell Flint in London.
Smith's works have been exhibited in the National Gallery of Scotland and the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh; Royal Academy, London; Salon des Independants, Paris; National Academy, New York; Art Institute, Chicago; and in private galleries in New York, Chicago, and St. Louis. One man shows were held in London, New York, Chicago, and St. Louis.
Smith taught painting and illustration at Chicago Academy of Fine arts and Newark School of Fine and Applied Art. He was an Honorary Member of the Chelsea Art Club.
Smith is known for his landscapes, marines, portraits, and still lives. Portraits include those of Amelia Erhart and Robert Bruce Hall, Bishop of Virginia. He painted and traveled abroad in England, Scotland, Wales, Belgium, Holland, Germany, France, Italy, and Greece. During the last ten years of his life he painted modern expressionist and abstract works.
In 1989, 16 of his water color paintings for Motor Boating Magazine (1930's) were exhibited at the P.R. Mallory Gallery at Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, Ct. Several of the paintings were later sold through the Art Gallery at Mystic Seaport Stores.
Source:
Information courtesy of the artist's family; text written and submitted by Evan Winslow Smith
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