Collier Twentyman Smithers (1867 – 7 December 1943) was a portrait, figure and rustic painter. He was born in
Buenos Aires
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, the son of Arthur Edward Smithers, a banker.
In 1892 Smithers was living at 5
Primrose Hill Studios off Fitzroy Road, north London. This may account for his stylistic similarity to
John William Waterhouse
John William Waterhouse (6 April 184910 February 1917) was an English painter known for working first in the Academic style and for then embracing the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood's style and subject matter. His artworks were known for their de ...
, who also lived at Primrose Hill Studios.
From 1892 to 1936 he exhibited at the
Royal Academy
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; the
Royal Society of British Artists
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History
The RBA commenced with twenty-seven members, and took until 1876 to reach fif ...
, Birmingham;
Walker Art Gallery
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History of the Gallery
The Walker Art Gallery's collection ...
, Liverpool;
Manchester City Art Gallery
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;
New Gallery; and the
Royal Hibernian Academy and his work received popular reviews. He was a
Freeman of the
City of London
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, being admitted to the
Worshipful Company of Turners in 1893.
He died in 1943 at 36
Roland Gardens
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, London.
Paintings
*
R. Norman Shaw, Esq., R.A.—1892
*
Surg.-Lieut. Leopold Hudson, Duke of Cambridge's Hussars—1894
*
A Race with Mermaids and Tritons—1895
*
The Theft of the Princess's Swan Skin—1896
*
Angel of Fortune—1901
*
Walking up grouse (
photogravure)—1904
*Portrait of
Joan Helen Furneaux Dawson—1913
*
The princess permits—1915
*Portrait of
Adam Alexander Dawson
Adam Alexander Dawson (20 March 1913 – 29 January 2010) was a noted film and television editor.
Biography
Dawson was born at 33 Royal Terrace, Edinburgh, son of Alexander Bashall Dawson and Aileen Twentyman Smithers. He was a descendant o ...
—1918
References
*Royal Academy Exhibitors, 1905–1970, vol VI.
*Dictionary of British Artists, 1880-1940.
*The Dictionary of Portrait Painters in Britain up to 1920, by Stewart and Cutten.
*"The New Gallery - Reviews," ''The Times'', Monday May 18, 1896, page 6, issue 34893, column A.
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1867 births
1943 deaths
People from Buenos Aires
Argentine people of English descent
19th-century English painters
English male painters
20th-century English painters
Modern painters
British people of Argentine descent
19th-century English male artists
20th-century English male artists