Biografie von Vernon B. SMITH (1894-1969)

Birth place: Cortland, NY

Addresses: Orleans, MA

Profession: Painter, sculptor, craftsperson, teacher

Studied: NY Sch. Fine & Applied Arts; in Paris, 1918; C.W. Hawthorne in Provincetown; with Howard Giles, R. Sloan Bredin.

Exhibited: Walker Gal., Boston, 1934 (solo); Inst. Mod. Art, Boston, 1939; Kraushaar Gal, NYC, 1944-65, 1947 (solo); Virginia MFA, 1946; PAFA Ann., 1946; Montclair AM, 1952; Addison Gal. Am. Art, 1959; Cape Cod AA, 1959 (solo); Henderson Gal., Carmel, CA, 1960-66, 1960 (solo); Symphony Hall, Boston, 1961 (solo); DeCordova Mus., Lincoln, MA, 1977; Orleans AG (MA), 1978 (solo); Anchorage Mus. Art, 1987 (WPA exh.); Provincetown AA, 1938-61, 1997 (retrospective)

Member: Cape Cod AA (founder, pres.); Provincetown AA; Eastern AA; Mass. Art Educ. Assn.

Work: BMFA; MoMA; Springfield MFA; New Britain Mus.; Dartmouth College Mus.; Anchorage Mus.; Cape Cod MFA; Provincetown AA; Toledo MA

Comments: Abstract figurative painter and bas-relief wood carver. In 1937, he was painting in Alaska for the WPA. From 1946-on, his hand-carved abstract bas-relief panels became his principal mode of expression. Teacher: Orleans (MA) public schools; WPA (regional dir., 1934-37).

Sources: WW59; WW47; exh. cat., Provincetown AA, 1997; Falk, Exh. Record Series.

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