$18,800
Frank Vining Smith (American, 1879-1967) One of the Salmon Fleet Signed "Frank Vining Smith" l. r., inscribed on the stretcher. Oil on canvas, 34 x 40 1/4 in. (86.4 x 102.2 cm), framed. Condition: Mild craquelure. N.B. Frank Vining Smith's marine paintings are both emotive and precisely accurate; the expressive images reflect the artist's lifelong love of sailing and the sea as well as a vast array of knowledge and desire to portray the actual vessels in the highest detail. A New England native, Smith attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston before ultimately setting up a studio in Hingham, Massachusetts. He worked as an illustrator for newspapers in both Boston (Boston Herald and Boston Journal) and New York (McClures). During the World War I, Smith worked as a camouflage illustrator on U.S. vessels. By around 1925, Smith stopped working as an illustrator to devote himself to his passions of painting and sailing.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-09-07
