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Gladys Nelson Smith

Gladys Nelson Smith (1890 - 1980) was active/lived in District Of Columbia, Kansas, Maryland.  Gladys Smith is known for Landscape, child portrait and figure and genre p-ainting.

Born near Chelsea, Aug. 15, 1890; died Kensington, MD, Sept. 15, 1980. Painter, specialized in children. landscapes, portraits. Attended high school in El Dorado. In 1912, enrolled at the University of Kansas, Lawrence under W. A. Griffith. She dropped out of University of Kansas, Lawrence for two years to teach in Jetmore High School, then returned to University of Kansas, Lawrence and graduated in 1918. After graduation she moved to New York where she attended the Art Students League. Lived briefly in Minneapolis, MN and Chicago, IL where she studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. Moved to Washington, DC in 1924 where she studied at Corcoran School of Art with Edmund C. Tarbell, Richard S. Merryman and Burtis Baker. 200 She established a studio in Washington with a weekend retreat in Frederick County, MD. Moved to Chevy Chase, MD in 1941.

SOURCES:
Susan Craig, "Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945)"
Kansas Teacher (May 1928); Newlin, Gertrude Dix (Development of Art in Kansas. Typed Manuscript, 1951); Who’s Who in American Art. New York: American Federation of Arts, 1936- v.1=1936-37 v.3= 1941-42 v.2=1938-39 v.4=1940-47. 1-3; Sain, Lydia. Kansas Artists, compiled by Lydia Sain from 1932 to 1948. Typed Manuscript, 1948.; Reinbach, Edna, comp. “Kansas Art and Artists”, in Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society. v. 17, 1928. p. 571-585.; Whittemore, Margaret. “Notes on Some Kansas Artists”, in Kansas Magazine, 1935. p.41-45.; Snow, Florence. “Kansas Art and Artists”, in Kansas Teacher Aug-Sept. 1927, p.18-19; Oct. 1927, p.10, 12; Nov. 1927, p.11-12; Dec. 1927, p.7-8; Jan. 1928, p. 14-15; Feb. 1928, p.20-21; Mar. 1928, p.10-12; Apr. 1928, p. 16-17; May 1928, p.14, 16; June-July 1928, p.13-14.; AskArt,

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