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David Smith: David
Smith, RE (1920-1998) was a painter and printmaker in
the Expressionist tradition, mainly of landscapes and
marine subjects, but some abstracts too. He studied at
Lowestoft and Norwich Schools of Art, and later at
the Slade School of Fine Art in London being awarded
a Scholarship at the British School, Rome 1949. David
Smith exhibited widely, including at the Royal Academy,
London Group and Royal Society of Painter Etchers to
which body he was elected a member in 1951. He also held
more than sixty one-man shows of his work at home and
abroad. Smith was senior lecturer in fine art at
Chelsea School of Art 1965-79. He travelled to many
regions of the world, painting and drawing as he went,
including South Africa, Peru, United States, and
Antarctica. He also found many subjects nearer to home
in East Anglia. His work is held in several public
collections, including at Portsmouth, Sheffield, Lincoln
and Blackpool.
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