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Albert Alexander Smith

Albert Alexander Smith (1896 - 1940) was active/lived in New York / France.  Albert Smith is known for Graphics-African American social themes, etchings, paintings.

ALBERT ALEXANDER SMITH, the son of parents who immigrated from Bermuda, was born in New York City on September 17, 1896. He was the most prolific of all the African-American artists who expatriated to France between the two World Wars of the 20th Century, producing at least 220 prints, drawings, and paintings. He is further distinguished as the only African-American artist who was a printmaker during this time and the only one who made his living as a musician. His works are significant for their social commentary on racism, their themes of global racial uplift, and their exploration of human types and stereotypes.

From an early age, his parents encouraged his artistic talents, paying for music lessons. Eventually he became a proficient banjo-player and guitarist, which he would later put to use as a jazz musician and singer while a member of various bands and orchestras in Europe.
Smith began his formal training in art in 1913, when he became the first African-American to ea   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 14097 characters.]  Artist bio

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