Jack Smith (artist)

Jack Smith (artist)

Infobox Artist
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birthdate = 1928
location = Shefield, United Kingdom
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nationality = British
field = painting
training = Sheffield College of Art, St Martin's School of Art, Royal College of Art
movement = Neo-realism, Abstract art
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Jack Smith (born 1928) is a British abstract artist.

Life

Jack Smith was born in 1928 in Sheffield, Yorkshire.

Smith studied at Sheffield College of Art (1944-1946), St Martin's School of Art (1948-1950) and the Royal College of Art (1950-1953) [Flowers London: Jack Smith Retrospective Catalogue, ISBN 978 1 906412 12 8] . At the RCA, Smith studied under John Minton, Ruskin Spear and Carel Weight [Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery: [http://www.bmagic.org.uk/people/Jack+Smith Biography for Jack Smith] ] .

Work

During the 1950s, Smith's early work was in a neo-realist style known as "The Kitchen Sink School" featuring domestic subjects.

In the 1960s Smith abandoned realism and adopted a brightly coloured, abstract style comparable to those of Wassily Kandinsky and Piet Mondrian incorporating Constructivism and Biomorphism with elements of hieroglyphic and musical notation [British Council: [http://collection.britishcouncil.org/html/artist/artist.aspx?id=18779 Jack Smith] ] . Smith continues to develop and work in this style and has not returned to realism.

Recognition

*First prize at the first "John Moores Liverpool Exhibition" (1956)
*Shown at Venice Biennale (1956)
*Retrospective at the Whitechapel Art Gallery (1959) [Tate Collection: [http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&artistid=1956&page=1&sole=y&collab=y&attr=y&sort=default&tabview=bio Jack Smith Biography] ]
* National Prize at Guggenheim International Awards
* Touring Retrospective organised by "Sunderland Arts Centre" (1977)
* 80th Birthday Retrospective at the "Flowers East gallery" (2008) [Flowers London: Jack Smith Retrospective Catalogue, ISBN 978 1 906412 12 8]

References

External Links

* [http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&artistid=1956&page=1&sole=y&collab=y&attr=y&sort=default&tabview=worklist Works in the Tate collection]
* [http://www.flowerseast.com/Originals_Exhibitions.asp?Exhibition=08SMITH&OE=1 80th Birthday Retrospective]


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