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Apr 11, 2014 · In the 2014 Spring season, Swann is pleased to offer a selection of works from the collection of American painter/printmaker James D. Smillie. April 29, 2014 auction is Smillie’s The Rocky Mountains (Lander’s Peak) , set of 12 engravings after Albert Bierstadt, progressive proofs, 1865-66.
James David Smillie (January 16, 1833 – September 15, 1909) was an American artist, cofounder of the American Watercolor Society and New York Etching Club. His brother was painter George Henry Smillie .
Apr 29, 2014 · Smillie Collection. In the spring of 2014, Swann Galleries offered a selection of works from the collection of American painter and printmaker James D. Smillie. Smillie (1833-1909) was a New York artist known for his engravings and landscape paintings.
There are publications regarding Smillie’s creative printmaking: a catalogue raisonné by Brucia Witthoft, ISBN 0-7734-9520-7; an exhibition catalogue with an extensive checklist by Michael Schantz for the Woodmere Museum in Philadelphia in 1991; Michael Schantz’s 2010 article ‘“A Joy to the Eye:” The Floral Prints of James D. Smillie ...
The aim of the present study is to determine James D. Smillie's contribution to the evolution of American printmaking during the second half of the nineteenth century. For this project, an abundance of primary reference material was made available to the writer by the artist's descendants.
Art of the Print Original Etching by James David Smillie entitled Up the Hill. Our Gallery offers a wide selection of international fine art. Authenticity is guaranteed and documentation is provided.
The set of steel engravings made after the series by James Smillie (1807–1885) was one of the most famous and widely distributed print publications of the 19th century; it graced church halls, schools, hospitals and private homes for generations.
