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Art, revised 2004, originally published 1999, p. 285. Tony Smith has 11 works online. 1,646 sculptures online. Tony Smith. Moondog. 1964 (fabricated 1998). Painted aluminum. 17' 1 1/4" x 15' 8 1/2" x 13' 7 1/4" (521.3 x 478.8 x 414.7 cm).
The 31-foot red steel sculpture For Marjorie (1961), for example, stands in the grounds of MIT, whilst the 35-foot, 75-foot-wide orange arch Last (1979) is located in downtown Cleveland. As well as excelling across multiple media, Smith was a pioneer of Minimalism.
- American
- September 23, 1912
- South Orange, New Jersey
- December 26, 1980
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Anthony Peter Smith (September 23, 1912 – December 26, 1980) was an American sculptor, visual artist, architectural designer, and a noted theorist on art. He is often cited as a pioneering figure in American Minimalist sculpture. Education and early life.
Overview. Provenance. Exhibition History. References. Title: Amaryllis. Artist: Tony Smith (American, South Orange, New Jersey 1912–1980 New York, New York) Date: 1965. Medium: Painted steel. Edition: artist's proof from an edition of 3 + 1 AP. Dimensions: 11 ft. 3 in. × 10 ft. 8 in. × 90 in. (342.9 × 325.1 × 228.6 cm) Weight: 4905 lb. (2224.9 kg)
Jul 2, 1998 · Installation images. Exhibition. Jul 2–Sep 22, 1998. Tony Smith (1912–1980) was a unique figure in the American artistic vanguard of the postwar era. Trained as an architect in the studios of Frank Lloyd Wright and the New Bauhaus in Chicago, Smith turned to painting and drawing from the mid-1940s through the 1950s.
Tony Smith was born in 1912 in South Orange, New Jersey. Although he studied architecture at the New Bauhaus in Chicago and apprenticed with Frank Lloyd Wright, he was largely self-taught as an artist. In the mid-1950s, while still a practicing architect, Smith took various teaching positions in New York and began exploring sculpture with his ...
View all 16 artworks. Tony Smith lived in the XX cent., a remarkable figure of American Minimalism. Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
