Birth place:  Paterson, NJ

Death place: Monterey Park, CA

Addresses: Alhambra, CA, c.1906

Profession: Painter

Studied: Cincinnati Art Acad. with Duveneck; AIC.

Exhibited: San Diego Expo, 1915 (medal), 1916 (medal); Sacramento Expo, 1917 (medal), 1918 (medal), 1919 (gold); Los Angeles Liberty Expo, 1918 (prize); Calif. AC, 1919 (prize); Phoenix (AZ) Expo, 1919 (prize), 1920 (prize); AIC, 1922; Painters of the West, 1924 (gold), 1929 (gold), 1929 (prize); GGE, 1939; Stendahl Galleries, Biltmore Salon, both in Los Angeles

Member: Calif. AC; Calif. WC Soc.; Allied AA; SC; Laguna Beach AA; Ten Painters of Los Angeles

Work: Phoenix Municipal Collection; Laguna Beach MA, CA; Springville MA, Utah

Comments: Smith was a primary force in the establishing of the Biltmore Salon. Position: commercial artist, Lexington, KY; staff, Cincinnati Enquirer. Specialty: Sierra landscapes, missions and marines.

Sources: WW40; Hughes, Artists in California, 522; P & H Samuels, 451.

Biography courtesy of Who Was Who in American Art, the reference book on the cultural life in the United States.