Ed Smith (born 1956) is an American

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

and

printmaker Printmaking is the process of creating work of art, artworks by printing, normally on paper, but also on fabric, wood, metal, and other surfaces. "Traditional printmaking" normally covers only the process of creating prints using a hand proce ...

. Smith is a member of the

National Academy of Design The National Academy of Design is an honorary association of American artists, founded in New York City in 1825 by Samuel Morse, Asher Durand, Thomas Cole, Martin E. Thompson, Charles Cushing Wright, Ithiel Town, and others "to promote the fin ...

, a

Guggenheim Fellow Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the ar ...

in Sculpture and Drawing, and a former Associate Member of the

Royal Society of Sculptors The Royal Society of Sculptors is a British charity established in 1905 which promotes excellence in the art and practice of sculpture. Its headquarters are a centre for contemporary sculpture on Old Brompton Road, South Kensington, London. It ...

. Smith’s work is based on mythology.

References

* https://edsmithfineart.com/ * Smith, Ed. A Grand Battle, Songs of Heroism: A Suite of Sculptures by Ed Smith. Marist College Art Gallery, 2000. * https://www.marist.edu/communication-arts/faculty/ed-smith * https://www.rutlandherald.com/the-magnificence-of-humankind-bronze-sculptures-of-ed-smith/article_80879eb4-fd1b-5228-9d68-cb87e6b361df.html * https://www.marist.edu/-/news-forms-and-figures-exhibition-by-professor-ed-smith {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Ed Living people 1956 births 20th-century American sculptors 20th-century American male artists 20th-century printmakers Royal British Society of Sculptors