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Gordon Appelbe Smith

Gordon Appelbe Smith (1919 - 2020) was active/lived in British Columbia / Canada, England.  Gordon Smith is known for Expressionist and geometric abstract painting, murals, sculpture, teaching.

The following obituary is from the Vancouver Sun newspaper.

"Beloved B.C. artist Gordon Smith dies at home in West Vancouver: The long-time artist, whose name graced the Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art in North Vancouver, was 100 years old"
KEVIN GRIFFIN    Updated: January 20, 2020

Gordon Smith, B.C.’s most-beloved artist, has died. He was 100.

Smith died at about 9:30 p.m. on Saturday in his home in West Vancouver, said Andy Sylvester, owner of the Equinox Gallery that represented Smith for many years.

“It was an enormous privilege to know him and experience his enthusiasm and brilliance as an artist and educator and generosity as a human being,” Sylvester said Sunday.

Sylvester said Smith kept working as an artist until Christmas 2018.

“Up to 99 he was still doing drawings,” Sylvester said.

But when he could no longer make it into his studio to work every day, he lost the enthusiasm to keep going.

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