Albert E.Smith Listed American -Antique Original Oil On Canvas Reclining Nude

Description

Albert E.Smith (c1862-1940) Excellent Antique Original Oil On Canvas Reclining Nude Signed A.Smith. Signed A.Smith Bottom left Corner. Carved Ornate Wood Frame. Original Frame and Stretcher stickers still affixed to verso. Good Size Painting! EXCELLENT CONDITION! MEASURE: Framed- 37" x 24 1/2" - Unframed- 30" x 18". PLEASE WAIT FOR INVOICE!-------------------------------------
Biography
Albert E. Smith
Biography from Tradewinds Fine Art
Albert E. Smith was born in Waterbury, Connecticut in 1862, and he died in Trumbull, Connecticut in 1940.  He attended lower schools in Waterbury and went to Yale Art School in 1879, 1880 and 1881 and was a classmate of Frederic Remington.  John Ferguson Weir was then head of Yale Art School.
Albert Smith married in 1884, and moved to Bridgeport in 1890 or 91 where he worked as Assistant Sunday editor for the
Bridgeport Herald
.  He moved to CosCob in 1901 and lived there until 1937 when he alternated between CosCob and Trumbull.
He attended the Art Students League sometime around 1884.  He was a member of the Salmagundi Club and did some commercial illustration but he continued to paint impressionistic landscapes.
The influence of Weir and Twachtman who taught at CosCob is apparent in his work. A painting of what can only be two of Twachtman's daughters was part of Smiths estate when he died.  Yale Art Museum has one of his works and he is also represented in the Barnum Museum in Bridgeport by a major painting of one of the circus lions. Smiths cloud paintings have been described as poetic, dreamy and inspirational. S
SOURCE:
Al Goring from information provided by the artists' family
About
Albert E. Smith
Born:  1862 - Waterbury, Connecticut
Died:   1940 - Trumbull, Connecticut
Known for:  figure and impressionist landscape painting