Description: 7TH ANNUAL SUMMER SALE NOW *Price Shown is the Sale Price ORIGINAL AND VINTAGE .............JACK WILKINSON SMITH.............'MARINE PAINTING, 1922', 11" x 18"............. This is a 11" x 18" Original and Vintage oil on canvas by the important California painter Jack Wilkinson Smith, 1873-1949. The image is of a rocky inlet with amasted ship sailing beyond. Signed in full at lower left and dated 1922. Fine condition. Framed. Pencil inscribed on stretcher 'Marine'. The Biography Follows: Artists who worked with Jack Wilkinson Smith in San Gabriel or Alhambra, CA on Champion Place were Victor Forsythe, Frank Tenney Johnson, Eli Harvey, Sam Hyde Harris, Virginia McElroy, Hughlette Wheeler (Tex) and Clyde Champion. Smith was born in Patterson, New Jersey in 1873. His grandfather owned an 80 acre farm, including what is now Madison Square Garden. His father painted some of the decorations in the New York State Capital Building in Albany. He studied at the Chicago Art Institute and under Frank Duveneck in Cincinnati and became a newspaper artist on the Cincinnati Enquirer. He gained national attention with his sketches of the Spanish American War. He went to Lexington, Kentucky, where he had his first "one man show", and met and married Emma Troop. They came to Los Angeles in 1908, where he taught in city schools. Frank Tenney Johnson suggested that Smith look on Champion Place for a location for his studio, and he introduced him to Clyde Champion. Jack Wilkinson Smith promptly bought the house and property at 16 Champion Place, and Bernice and Clyde Champion built across the street. They were fast friends for twenty-two years, until Smith's death in New York in 1948 from a heart attack. Smith painted from Kansas plains to the Oregon Coast. His friends in Art of Los Angeles were Hanson Puthuff, F. Tenney Johnson, William Wendt, Charles Austin, Clyde Forsythe. Marjorie Reed contributed her success to Jack Wilkinson Smith, who was her instructor for years. He was the original founder of the Biltmore Salon, which later was operated on a cooperative basis with sixteen other artists. It was because of his dedication to the founding of this gallery and his membership on the board of the California Art Club, serving in the capacity as president, that he became the only artist in the exclusive "Murder Club" which discussed all sorts of recondite subjects. His painting of Lingering Snow is in Gardena High School. Gathering Storm is one of the finest of his marine paintings. Of all the artists who painted in Alhambra in the 30's, Jack Wilkinson Smith was the most colorful in that he had a flair for entertaining and was very popular as a civic leader. He was very handsome and articulate. As ever this is guaranteed 100% money back, to be as represented.
Price: 750 USD
Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico
End Time: 2024-12-12T03:53:29.000Z
Shipping Cost: 15 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Artist: Jack Wilkinson Smith
Type: Painting
Size: Medium
Style: Impressionism
Theme: Marine Painting
Features: One of a Kind (OOAK)
Material: Canvas
Production Technique: Oil Painting
Subject: Rocky Inlet
Time Period Produced: 1922
