Wini Smart (1932-2017) was a watercolorist and oil painter of marine and landscapes, many of them scenes of Maine, and her specialty was watercolors. She was also a muralist, bas-relief sculptor, and illustrator including "Early History of Toms River and Dover Township."
Smart was born on March 17, 1932, in Neptune, New Jersey.
She studied at the
Philadelphia Museum College of Art, the Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia, and the
Art Students League of New York
The Art Students League of New York is an art school at 215 West 57th Street in Manhattan, New York City, New York. The League has historically been known for its broad appeal to both amateurs and professional artists.
Although artists may stu ...
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Smart maintained two galleries, one in
Northeast Harbor, Maine
Northeast Harbor is a village on Mount Desert Island, located in the town of Mount Desert in Hancock County, Maine, United States.
The original settlers, the Someses and Richardsons, arrived around 1761.
The village has a significant summe ...
, for 40 years; another in Boca Grande, Florida, since 1980.
Smart married Fred Quackenbush in June 2009.
[Smart, Wini. ''A Long, Long Way''. Custom Museum Publishing, Rockland Maine. p. back of book.] Smart died on September 15, 2017.
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External links
Personal Website of Wini Smart
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20th-century American painters
21st-century American painters
Women watercolorists
University of the Arts (Philadelphia) alumni
American watercolorists
20th-century American women painters
21st-century American women painters
People from Hancock County, Maine
1932 births
2017 deaths