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Letta Crapo Smith

Letta Crapo Smith (1862 - 1921) was active/lived in Michigan, Massachusetts.  Letta Smith is known for Landscape, figure-portrait, floral.

Letta Crapo Smith (1862 – 1921) American

Letta Crapo Smith was born on 4 July 1862 into the prominent Crapo family of Flint, Michigan. Her father, Humphrey Henry Howland Crapo Smith, was a Michigan lumber baron and her mother, Lucy Ann Crapo, was the daughter of the former Michigan Governor, Henry H. Crapo. Through her mother's side, she was descended from Mayflower passenger William White and Revolutionary War Patriot, Peter Crapo of Massachusetts who served as a Minute Man from 1775-1776. Her first cousin was Billy Durant the founder of General Motors and Chevrolet, also of Flint, Michigan.

After her father moved the family to Detroit to establish an exporting center for Michigan lumber, Letta was raised in the prominent society of Detroit. She attended Daughters of the American Revolution functions with her mother. The society papers reported moments of her life which included entertaining at her mother's home, pouring tea for other Detroit society ladies, working on f   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3135 characters.]  Artist bio

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   Publications  Book References:  14
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14 Book References for Letta Crapo Smith
Year Author Title Pages Color
2009 Stott Annette; Holly Koons McCullough et al Dutch Utopia: American Artists in Holland, 1880-1914
(Exhibition catalog)
288 Yes
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)
1117 No
1990 Fink, Lois Marie; Albert Boime, Forward; Elizabeth Broun, Preface American Art at the Nineteenth Century Paris Salons 430 Yes
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: The South, Near Midwest (Volume Two) 396 Yes
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II
(Exhibition catalog)
612 No
1987 Sweeney, J Gray Artists of Michigan from The Nineteenth Century
(Exhibition catalog)
215 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1973 Naylor, Maria Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set)
(Exhibition catalog)
1075 No
1972 Earle, Helen L Biographical Sketches of American Artists 370 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition (Editor) Official Catalogue of Exhibitors Department B, Art
(Exhibition catalog)
281 No
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