Elmer Boyd Smith c.1900 painting Llewellin Setter dog painting Boston artist
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Beautiful c.1900 painting by American artist, Elmer Boyd Smith (1860-1943). Oil on canvas measures 22 x 27 inches; 27 x 32 inches in honey-colored pine frame, natural patina. Depicted here is a Llewellin Setter rendered for a magazine or book illustration. Mostly gray tones with a hint of blue in sky and yellow in field. A touch of red in the eye. Very subtle use of color to great effect. Signed lower right. Some inpainting and restoration of paint loss in 1: narrow horizontal swath above dog's back; 2: extreme left margin of painting as detailed here in UV light photos. There is no loss or restoration in the area of dog, only in background. The quality of this retouching is absolutely professional as it is not apparent and virtually invisible. Born in St. John, New Brunswick in 1860, E. Boyd Smith was raised in Boston, and educated in France. At an early age he worked for the Riverside Press in Boston then went to Paris where he studied drawing and painting and wrote and illustrated his first book, "My Village". He returned to Boston in 1898 where he illustrated books for Houghton Mifflin. In early 1900, he went West sketching Indians and herders. Smith illustrated books by Andy Adams ("Log Of A Cowboy") and Mary Austin ("Land Of Little Rain") insuring his reputation as a western artist. Among his many illustrated books "Noah'
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