William Thomas Smedley

William Thomas Smedley (March 26, 1858 – March 26, 1920), was an American artist.[1]

Biography

Smedley was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, to a Quaker family.[1] He worked at a newspaper, then studied engraving and art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, made a tour of the South Seas, then studied in Paris under Jean-Paul Laurens. He settled in New York City in 1880. In 1882 he accompanied the Marquis of Lorne through Canada, preparing sketches for Picturesque Canada.[1] He also provided wood engravings that appeared as illustrations in The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia (1886).[2]

Most of Smedley's work consisted of magazine and book illustration for stories about modern life, but he painted portraits and watercolours. He received the Evans Prize of the American Watercolor Society in 1890 and a bronze medal at the Paris Exposition of 1900.[1] In 1905 he became a member of the National Academy of Design.[1]

Smedley died in Bronxville, New York, on March 26, 1920.[3]

Selected works
One Day in June (1909)
A Late Arrival (1888)
Embarrassment (1883)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Smedley, William Thomas". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 251.
  2. ^ Susanna de Vries Evans (1987), Historic Sydney as seen by its early artists, Sydney, Angus & Robertson, p.59. ISBN 0207156204
  3. ^ Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Gründ. 2006. p. 1340. ISBN 2700030702.

Works

  • The Mystery of Francis Bacon (1912)
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