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Charlottesville, VA 22911
United States
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Oct 24, 2015 - Oct 25, 2015
Charles William Smith (American, 1893-1987) watercolor on paper; abstract figural depiction; signed in bottom right corner; measures approximately 18" x 23" with brushed metal frame and has a sight image of approximately 12-1/4" x 18". Born in Lofton, Virginia, in 1893, Charles William Smith studied at the University of Virginia summer school, the Corcoran Art School, and Yale UniversityÍs School of Fine Arts. He taught at the University of Virginia, the College of William and Mary, and the New York School of Printing. Smith moved to Richmond in 1925 where he worked as an artist for Whittet & Shepperson, a local printing firm. In 1929 he taught art at the Richmond Division of the College of William and Mary. For the next four years, Smith worked out of his apartment on Monument Avenue as a commercial artist. He became chair of the art department at Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont, in 1936 and taught there until 1947. Smith taught at the University of Virginia from 1947 until his retirement in 1963 and was the first chairman of the art department. Charles W. Smith died in
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