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'''Helena Wood Smith''' (1865-1914) was born on March 9 in [[Bangor, Maine]], and attended the [[Pratt Institute]] in Brooklyn. By 1912 she had moved to [[Carmel-by-the-Sea, California]] and was the instructor of “drawing and painting from nature” at the local School of Arts & Crafts.<ref name="edwards">{{cite book|last1=Edwards|first1=Robert W.| title=Jennie V. Cannon: The Untold History of the Carmel and Berkeley Art Colonies, Vol. 1|date=2012|publisher=East Bay Heritage Project| location=Oakland, Calif.| isbn=9781467545679|pages=135-136, 141-148, 636, 691}} An online facsimile of the entire text of Vol. 1 is posted on the Traditional Fine Arts Organization website (http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/10aa/10aa557.htm).</ref> She exhibited at the San Francisco Art Association (1910-13), Carmel Arts & Crafts Club (1913), and the [[Hotel Del Monte]] Art Gallery (1911-13). In August 1914 she was strangled and buried on the beach by her lover, Japanese art-photographer George Kodani, who was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to life in prison.<ref name=edwards></ref> <ref>Edan Hughes, Artists in California, 786-1940 (San Francisco: Crocker Art Museum, 2002)</ref> |
'''Helena Wood Smith''' (1865-1914) was born on March 9 in [[Bangor, Maine]], and attended the [[Pratt Institute]] in Brooklyn. By 1912 she had moved to [[Carmel-by-the-Sea, California]] and was the instructor of “drawing and painting from nature” at the local School of Arts & Crafts.<ref name="edwards">{{cite book|last1=Edwards|first1=Robert W.| title=Jennie V. Cannon: The Untold History of the Carmel and Berkeley Art Colonies, Vol. 1|date=2012|publisher=East Bay Heritage Project| location=Oakland, Calif.| isbn=9781467545679|pages=135-136, 141-148, 636, 691}} An online facsimile of the entire text of Vol. 1 is posted on the Traditional Fine Arts Organization website ({{cite web |url=http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/10aa/10aa557.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2016-06-07 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429115613/http://tfaoi.com/aa/10aa/10aa557.htm |archivedate=2016-04-29 |df= }}).</ref> She exhibited at the San Francisco Art Association (1910-13), Carmel Arts & Crafts Club (1913), and the [[Hotel Del Monte]] Art Gallery (1911-13). In August 1914 she was strangled and buried on the beach by her lover, Japanese art-photographer George Kodani, who was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to life in prison.<ref name=edwards></ref> <ref>Edan Hughes, Artists in California, 786-1940 (San Francisco: Crocker Art Museum, 2002)</ref> |
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Part of her early exhibition history includes the: Boston Art Club (1893-1900), Annuals of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (1896-97), Water Color Club of Washington, D.C. (1902), and Annual of the Art Club of Philadelphia (1900).<ref>''American Art Annual'' 4, 1903-04, p. II-68.</ref> At the latter her entry was entitled "Merestead, Gardens of the Pilgrims".<ref>The Catalog of the Annual Exhibition of the Penn. Academy of Fine Arts (1896), v. 66-67; Catalog of the Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculpture, Art Club of Philadelphia (1900), v. 9-17</ref> Smith was also discussed in Corelli C.W. Simpson's ''Leaflet of Artists'' (J.W. Bacon, 1893). |
Part of her early exhibition history includes the: Boston Art Club (1893-1900), Annuals of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (1896-97), Water Color Club of Washington, D.C. (1902), and Annual of the Art Club of Philadelphia (1900).<ref>''American Art Annual'' 4, 1903-04, p. II-68.</ref> At the latter her entry was entitled "Merestead, Gardens of the Pilgrims".<ref>The Catalog of the Annual Exhibition of the Penn. Academy of Fine Arts (1896), v. 66-67; Catalog of the Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculpture, Art Club of Philadelphia (1900), v. 9-17</ref> Smith was also discussed in Corelli C.W. Simpson's ''Leaflet of Artists'' (J.W. Bacon, 1893). |
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Helena Wood Smith (1865-1914) was born on March 9 in Bangor, Maine, and attended the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. By 1912 she had moved to Carmel-by-the-Sea, California and was the instructor of “drawing and painting from nature” at the local School of Arts & Crafts.[1] She exhibited at the San Francisco Art Association (1910-13), Carmel Arts & Crafts Club (1913), and the Hotel Del Monte Art Gallery (1911-13). In August 1914 she was strangled and buried on the beach by her lover, Japanese art-photographer George Kodani, who was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to life in prison.[1] [2]
Part of her early exhibition history includes the: Boston Art Club (1893-1900), Annuals of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (1896-97), Water Color Club of Washington, D.C. (1902), and Annual of the Art Club of Philadelphia (1900).[3] At the latter her entry was entitled "Merestead, Gardens of the Pilgrims".[4] Smith was also discussed in Corelli C.W. Simpson's Leaflet of Artists (J.W. Bacon, 1893).
Smith was the sister of novelist Ruel Perley Smith.
References
- ^ a b Edwards, Robert W. (2012). Jennie V. Cannon: The Untold History of the Carmel and Berkeley Art Colonies, Vol. 1. Oakland, Calif.: East Bay Heritage Project. pp. 135–136, 141–148, 636, 691. ISBN 9781467545679. An online facsimile of the entire text of Vol. 1 is posted on the Traditional Fine Arts Organization website ("Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-04-29. Retrieved 2016-06-07.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)). - ^ Edan Hughes, Artists in California, 786-1940 (San Francisco: Crocker Art Museum, 2002)
- ^ American Art Annual 4, 1903-04, p. II-68.
- ^ The Catalog of the Annual Exhibition of the Penn. Academy of Fine Arts (1896), v. 66-67; Catalog of the Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculpture, Art Club of Philadelphia (1900), v. 9-17
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