Alfred Smith (artist)

Smith was born in Bordeaux in 1854 to a father of Welsh origin and a mother from Bordeaux. He joined a circle of local landscape artists who followed Courbet and Corot. and in 1889 a bronze medal. In 1894 he was named a chevalier of the Legion of Honour. Smith won a bronze medal at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1900. He died in Paris in 1936. == Works ==

Les Quais de Bordeaux, Le Soir (1892) was exhibited at the Société des Amis des Arts, where it was purchased by the town and is now in the collection of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux. It was hailed as the best painting of the exhibition. The Telfair Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia owns the 1903 Le déjeuner sous les bois (Luncheon Under the Trees). Paintings in private collections include: • 1884 After the rain, oil on canvas • 1889 Boat Trip, oil on canvas • 1890 L'aquarelliste, oil on canvas == Gallery ==

File:Alfred Smith - Tramway devant les Quinconces par temps de pluie.jpg|Tramway devant les Quinconces par temps de pluie 1880 File:Smith Alfred - Brouillard à Bordeaux.jpg|Brouillard à Bordeaux, 1880 File:Smith Alfred - Boat trip (1889).jpg|Boat trip, 1889 File:Alfred Smith - Matinée d'hiver, place Pey Berland à Bordeaux.jpg|Matinée d'hiver, place Pey Berland à Bordeaux, before 1893 File:Alfred Smith - Déjeuner sous les bois (c 1895).jpg|Déjeuner sous les bois, before 1895 File:Alfred Smith - Les quais de Bordeaux, le matin.jpg|Les quais de Bordeaux, le matin, 1895 File:Smith Alfred - Harmonie d'été.jpg|Harmonie d'été, 1899 File:Smith Alfred - Le père Boyreau au printemps.jpg|Le père Boyreau au printemps, c. 1900 File:Smith Alfred - La meule.jpg|La meule, 1900 File:Smith Alfred - Quai de la Grave Bordeaux.jpg|Quai de la Grave Bordeaux, c. 1900 File:Smith Alfred - Jeune fille lisant (c 1910).jpg|Jeune fille lisant, 1910 File:Smith Alfred - Bords de la Creuse, Automne.jpg|Bords de la Creuse, Automne, c. 1920 File:Smith Alfred - Crozant La Sédelle en octobre (c 1923).jpg|Crozant La Sédelle en octobre, c. 1923 == Further reading ==