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Good Joke (1880); Little Marauders (1881); Little Bookworm, Peggy (1882); Clear the Way! (1883); Workers and Idlers (1884).
SMITH, FRANCIS HOPKINSON, born
in Baltimore, Md., Oct. 23, 1838. Landscape
painter; self-educated. Paints in oil,
but works chiefly in water-colour and charcoal.
Member of the Water Colour Society,
New York. Studio in New York. Works
in oil: Old Cedars—Franconia Mountains,
Darkling Wood (1876); Galilee by the Sea
(1880). Water-colours: Summer in the
Woods (1871); Old Man of the Mountains
(1874); Overlook Falls (1875); Under the
Leaves (1877); Deserted, Charles F. Havemeyer,
New York; Cool Spot, J. J. Astor,
ib.; Looking Seaward, Old Smithy (1878);
Grand Canal—Venice, Market Place—Seville
(1884). Published (1887) a volume of
sketches entitled "Well-Worn Roads."
SMITH, FRANK HILL, born in Boston
in 1841. Portrait, figure, and landscape
painter and decorator; pupil in architecture
of Hammatt Billings, Boston; studied in
the Atelier Suisse and under Bonnat in
Paris, where he spent six years; and painted
in Belgium, Holland, and Italy. Studio in
Boston. Works: Venice, Hon. William
Claflin, Mass.; Venice, Somerset Club, Boston;
Portrait of Two Children (1873). Has
devoted himself largely to architecture
painting, and has decorated buildings in
Holyoke, Boston, and Cambridge.
SMITH, GEORGE, born in Chichester,
England, in 1714, died there, Sept. 17, 1776.
Painted landscapes and rural subjects after
the manner of Claude and Poussin, which
were lauded beyond their merits; fashion
placed him in the first rank, poets apostrophized
him, and Woollet, Elliot, Peak, and
Vivares engraved his works. He and his
brothers, William (1707-1764), who painted
portraits, landscapes, and fruits and flowers;
and John (1717-1764), who painted landscapes,
were known as the Smiths of Chichester.—Redgrave.
SMITH, HENRY PEMBER, born in
Waterford, Conn., Feb. 20, 1854. Marine
painter; self-taught. Professional life passed
in New York. Exhibits at the National
Academy and at the American Water Colour
Society. Studio in New York. Works:
Approaching Storm on French Coast (1879);
Off the Bishops—Coast of Wales (1880);
Moor in Cornwall—England, Wrecked on a
Rocky Shore (1881); Summer Afternoon in
Normandy, Hurricane at Sea (1882); Early
Moonrise on English Coast (1883); In the
Gulf Stream off Newfoundland, Summer in
France (1884). Water-colours: Mid Ocean
(T. B. Clarke, New York), Sunset at Sea
(1884); Old Oaks (1885); Last Gleam,
Morning in Northern Italy (1886).
SMITH, THOMAS LOCHLAN, born in
Glasgow, Scotland, Dec. 2, 1835, died in
New York, Dec. 5, 1884. Landscape painter,
pupil of George H. Boughton in Albany
in 1850. Painted chiefly winter scenes; removed
in 1862 to New York, where he was
elected an A.N.A. in 1870. Works: Homestead
in Winter (1871); Grove in Winter
(1872); Deserted House, Eve of St. Agnes
(Saville Collection, Boston), Woods in Autumn,
do. in Winter (1873), J. H. White,
ib.; Gloaming (1879); Evening Service—Winter
Time (1880); Woodland Farm
(1881); Winter Night in Markham Hollow
(1883); Over the Snowy Fields, Old Saw-Mill
in Winter (1884).
SMITH, WILLIAM RUSSELL, born in
Scotland; contemporary. He was taken in
youth to America, where his family settled
in Pittsburg, Pa.; studied landscape painting
under Lambdin in Philadelphia. He
painted stage scenery in Pittsburg and
Philadelphia before taking a studio in the
latter city, where his professional life has
been spent. Works: Cave at Chelton Hills
(1876); Cività Castellana, Mrs. J. Harrison,
Philadelphia; Near Carrara, F. Rogers, ib.
SMITH-HALD, FRITHJOF, born at
Christiansand, Norway; contemporary.
Landscape painter, pupil of Gude; Medals
in Nice, Antwerp, and New Orleans; Berlin,
1886. Studio in Paris. Works: Return
of Fishermen—Norway, Morning Walk