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Lee N. Smith
American
American, b. 1950
Lee N. Smith III was born in New Orleans, Lousiana, in 1950, and lived there until he was six. When his family moved to Dallas, Texas, they lived in a suburb east of the city that was near open farmland. His mother encouraged him to use the public library, and it was in history books with paintings of battle scenes that he first learned about art. Smith had no formal training, but he began to paint in 1974 and had his first one man exhibit at the University of Texas at Arlington in 1979. He had a show at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in 1981 and at the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston in 1986. In 1984, Lee N. Smith was one of 26 artists to represent the United States at the prestigious Venice Biennale in Italy. During the late 1980s, he spent two years in Paris and returns periodically to work in France. One writer wrote, Lee N. Smith still thinks like a kid. His paintings are about things that were important to him as a boy, and they remind us of our own similar childhood experiences.
Source: North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts
Lee N. Smith III moved to Dallas from New Orleans when he was six. He had no formal art training, but started to paint in 1974 and had his first one man exhibition at the University of Texas at Arlington in 1979. In 1984, he was one of less than thirty artists chosen to represent the United States at the prestigious Venice Biennale. Smith quickly became acclaimed for paintings that draw from his childhood memories, often set in surreal suburban landscapes. Smith has had major exhibitions at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, the Dallas Museum of Art, and the Dallas Contemporary. His works can be found in the collections of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, the Dallas Museum of Art, and the Tyler Museum of Art.
Source: Belo Corporation
American
American, b. 1950
Lee N. Smith III was born in New Orleans, Lousiana, in 1950, and lived there until he was six. When his family moved to Dallas, Texas, they lived in a suburb east of the city that was near open farmland. His mother encouraged him to use the public library, and it was in history books with paintings of battle scenes that he first learned about art. Smith had no formal training, but he began to paint in 1974 and had his first one man exhibit at the University of Texas at Arlington in 1979. He had a show at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in 1981 and at the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston in 1986. In 1984, Lee N. Smith was one of 26 artists to represent the United States at the prestigious Venice Biennale in Italy. During the late 1980s, he spent two years in Paris and returns periodically to work in France. One writer wrote, Lee N. Smith still thinks like a kid. His paintings are about things that were important to him as a boy, and they remind us of our own similar childhood experiences.
Source: North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts
Lee N. Smith III moved to Dallas from New Orleans when he was six. He had no formal art training, but started to paint in 1974 and had his first one man exhibition at the University of Texas at Arlington in 1979. In 1984, he was one of less than thirty artists chosen to represent the United States at the prestigious Venice Biennale. Smith quickly became acclaimed for paintings that draw from his childhood memories, often set in surreal suburban landscapes. Smith has had major exhibitions at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, the Dallas Museum of Art, and the Dallas Contemporary. His works can be found in the collections of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, the Dallas Museum of Art, and the Tyler Museum of Art.
Source: Belo Corporation
Artist Objects
Nights We Could Fly 2004.004