After completing her education, she returned to her home town in Southern Jutland where she participated in activities devoted to Danish cultural life, including lecturing, singing and reading aloud. In the early 1900s, she moved to Copenhagen where she was able to submit works to the
Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition in 1902 and 1904-05. In 1904 and 1908 she made trips to Finland while in 1907 she undertook a study trip to Paris. Her works include portraits of prominent figures of the day, including the composer
Oluf Ring (1919) and the artist
Kræsten Iversen (1927). Smidt is also remembered for the efforts she made to take care of children. From 1916, she cared for five orphaned sisters and later adopted another foster daughter. After reunification, from 1921 she ran a
folk high school in Lundsmark based on Grundtwegian principles. Agnes Smidt died on 18 April 1952 in Erritsø Parish near
Fredericia and is buried at
Hviding Church near Lundsmark. == Gallery ==