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Roland David Smith (March 9, 1906 – May 23, 1965) was an influential and innovative American abstract expressionist sculptor and painter, widely known for creating large steel abstract geometric sculptures.
Mar 9, 2012 · Among the greatest American sculptors of the 20 th century, David Smith was the first to work with welded metal. He wove a rich mythology around this rugged work, often talking of the formative experiences he had in his youth while working in a car body workshop.
Feb 17, 2023 · David Ballantyne Smith, 58, has admitted passing secret information to the Russian authorities. He was caught in an undercover sting operation in which fake Russian agents offered him the...
3 days ago · David Smith is the new MP for North Northumberland Newcastle's three seats were held by Labour, with Reform coming second in Newcastle East and Wallsend and Newcastle Central and West.
May 19, 2024 · David Smith was an American sculptor whose pioneering welded metal sculpture and massive painted geometric forms made him the most original American sculptor in the decades after World War II. His work greatly influenced the brightly coloured “primary structures” of Minimal art during the 1960s.
Organized on the 100th anniversary of the artist’s birth, David Smith: A Centennial presents over 120 of his greatest sculptures, as well as a selection of his drawings and sketchbooks, from his entire 33-year career as a sculptor.
The two kinds of drawing which Smith explored in his mature work, drawing silhouetted against the support of a ground and the self-sustaining drawing with found objects, unexpectedly coalesce in the last, and for many, the greatest series of Smith’s career.
