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William Arthur Smith

William Arthur Smith (1918 - 1989) was active/lived in Ohio, New York.  William Smith is known for Illustrator, landscape, graphics.

William Arthur Smith (1918-1989).

Born in Toledo, Ohio, Smith studied at the University of Toledo, and may have taken classes at the Art Students League in New York.  Smith also studied in Paris at the l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts; he received most of his art training at the Theodore Keane School of Art in Toledo, Ohio, where he was a child prodigy, becoming professional at about age 13.

William A. Smith taught at the Grand Central Art School and at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY; lectured at many colleges in the United States and abroad. He served as President of the American Watercolor Society and President of the International Association of Art, the Unesco-affiliated organization of painters, sculptors and graphic artists of seventy nations.

Among his awards were the Gold Medal of Honor of the American Watercolor Society and the Society of American Graphics Artists Award for Lithography; the Winslow Homer Memorial Prize and the Society of Illustrators' Gold Me   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1513 characters.]  Artist bio

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   Publications  Book References:  23
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23 Book References for William Arthur Smith
Year Author Title Pages Color
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
2001 Reed, Walt The Illustrator in America, 1860-2000 The Society of Illustrators 452 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1991 Gilbert Anne American Illustrator Art Official Price Guide 1991 Yes
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950
(Exhibition catalog)
622 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)
538 No
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1985 Smithsonian Institution National Portrait Gallery Collection Illustrated Checklist 461 No
1984 Reed, Walt and Roger The Illustrator in America, 1880-1980: A Century of Illustration 355 Yes
1982 Denver Rotary Club Artists of America Second Annual
(Exhibition catalog)
143 Yes
1981 Denver Rotary Club Artists of America First Annual Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)
141 Yes
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
1976 Samuels, Peggy and Harold The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West 549 No
1972 Phoenix Art Museum Today's Artist and the West By Members of the National Academy
(Exhibition catalog)
28 No
1966 Reed, Walt The Illustrator in America 1900-1960s 272 Yes
1963 International Assoc. of Art Profile: Art and Artists in the USA on the Occasion of 4th Congress ... 119 No
1961 Mahony, Bertha E (others) Illustrators of Children's Books 1744-1945 527 No
1954 Clark, Eliot History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953 296 No
1951 Halsey, Ashley Jr Illustrating for the Saturday Evening Post 160 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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