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Mar 9, 2012 · The Legacy of David Smith. David Smith is considered by many to be the most important American sculptor of his generation. He was certainly the first to work in metal, and was singular in his ability to synthesize the influences of Surrealism and Cubism into a new, highly personal and yet distinctively American sculptural style.
- American
- March 9, 1906
- Decatur, Indiana
- May 23, 1965
Apr 9, 2024 · David Smith (born March 9, 1906, Decatur, Indiana, U.S.—died May 23, 1965, Albany, New York) 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 ...
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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. Born in Decatur, Indiana, Smith initially pursued painting, receiving training at the Art Students League in New York from 1926 to 1930.
TitleYearDescriptionSaw Head1963sculpture of iron and bronze, paintedHome of the welder1945steel sculpture, paintedTitle Unknown1940steel sculpture, painted1962steel sculpture- Roland David Smith, March 9, 1906, Decatur, Indiana, US
- Sculpture
- May 23, 1965 (aged 59), South Shaftsbury, Vermont, US
THE ESSENTIAL DAVID SMITH, PART II. By Rosalind Krauss. IF DAVID SMITH’S CAREER VIBRATES with the emotional tone of a battle campaign, this was at least partly justified. Smith was looking for formal alternatives to the whole of 20th-century sculpture, and his ambition would allow him to stop at nothing less than a complete restructuring of ...
DAVID SMITH. WHEN DAVID SMITH DIED, one was made to realize the extent to which a single man had carried and extended the tradition of non-monolithic sculpture that derives ultimately from Cubist collage. His career spanned over thirty years, during which time he produced well over five hundred sculptures.
He grew increasingly ambitious during the 1960s, creating works of monumental scale that were often painted in bright colors. When Smith died suddenly in a tragic car accident in 1965, he was at the height of his creative powers, and he left behind an expansive yet remarkably coherent, and extraordinarily powerful, body of work. Guggenheim ...
Part II of The Essential David Smith will appear in the April, 1969 issue of Artforum. —Rosalind Krauss ————————— NOTES. 1. The role of this set of images in developing Smith’s formal prerogatives will be examined in an essay that is now in preparation for the Museum of Modern Art’s forthcoming monograph on David Smith.
