Artist Museums

David (Roland) Smith

David (Roland) Smith (1906 - 1965) was active/lived in New York, Indiana.  David Smith is known for Welded abstract sculpture, painting.

Joan Pachner provided the following article. Publishing copyright by © Joan Pachner.

 Sculptor David Smith
Adirondack Life, vol. 38, no. 3 (May/June 2006), pp. 80-85, 92-93.

The ironworks in Brooklyn was surrounded by all night activity—ships loading—barges refueling— ferries tied up at the dock.  It was awake 24 hours a day.… In contrast the mountains are quiet except for occasional animal noises.  Sometimes Streevers' hounds run foxes all night and I can hear them baying as I close up shop.  Rarely does a car pass at night, there is no habitation between our road and the Schroon River 4 miles cross country.  I enjoy the phenomenon of nature, the sounds, the Northern lights, stars, animal calls, as I did the harbor lights, tugboat whistles, buoy clanks, the yelling of men on barges around the T.I.W. in Brooklyn.  I sit up here and dream of the city as I used to dream of the mountains when I sat on the dock in Brooklyn   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 26340 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

.  askART's database currently holds 488 auction lots for David (Roland) Smith (of which 364 auction records sold and 1 are upcoming at auction.)

Artist artworks for sale and wanted

.  There are 0 artworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers . There are 4 galleries and art dealers listing works of art by David (Roland) Smith as either "Wanted" or "For Sale" .

Research resources

.  askART lists David (Roland) Smith in 3 of its research Essays. David (Roland) Smith has 3 artist signature examples available in our database.

Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for David (Roland) Smith available:    John Angus Chamberlain,  Morris Louis,  Isamu Noguchi,  Kenneth Noland,  Arshile (Vosdanig Manoog Adoian) Gorky,  Philip Guston,  Joseph Cornell,  Franz Josef Kline,  Joan Mitchell,  Mark (Rothkowitz) Rothko,  Clyfford Still,  Frank Stella,  Willem de Kooning,  Ad (Adolf Frederick) Reinhardt,  Mark di Suvero,  Ed Ruscha,  Richard Diebenkorn,  Adolph Gottlieb,  Ellsworth Kelly,  Helen Frankenthaler,  Sean Scully,  George Warren Rickey,  Richard Serra,  Cy Twombly