April 17, 2024
J.D.SMILLIE, b.1833, BEAUTIFUL HUDSON RIVER PAINTING, LISTED
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This is a beautiful Hudson river school painting by famous American painter James David Smillie (1933 - 1909). According to the auctions record of Smillie paintings is $30000. Birth place: NYC Death place: NYC Addresses: NYC, 1864-98 Profession: Landscape painter, engraver, etcher, and lithographer Studied: Univ. of City of New York; steel engraving with his father James; NAD Exhibited: PAFA Ann., 1857, 1867-69, 1885; Brooklyn AA, 1863-85; NAD, 1853, 1864-1905; Centennial Expo, Phila., 1876; Boston AC, 1881-98; AIC, 1889-1911; Corcoran Gal annual, 1907; Jill Newhouse, NYC, 1981 (solo of drawings); Parrish AM, 1984 ("Painter-Etchers" exhib.) Member: ANA, 1868; NA, 1876; AWCS (founder, 1867; pres. 1873-79); Century; NY Etching Club (founder, 1877; sec./treasurer, 1877-79; pres., 1880-81; catalogue committee, 1891-93). Work: BMFA; CGA; Amon Carter Mus.; Oakland MA; NYPL; NAD; Montclair AM Comments: He learned engraving from his father, James Smillie (see entry), with whom he collaborated until about 1864. They specialized in bank-note vignettes, but also made engravings for the Mexican Boundary Survey Report (1857). He also wrote articles on etching for magazines. From 1865 on, after a two-year trip to Europe, he devoted himself to landscape painting, particularly mountain scenes; he also worked in etching, drypoint, aquatint, and
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