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  3. Death. Writings. See also. Notes. Further reading. External links. David Smith (sculptor) CUBI VI (1963), Israel Museum, Jerusalem. 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.

  4. Mar 9, 2012 · In 1965, at the apex of his creative and professional development, Smith died suddenly and tragically from injuries sustained in a car accident in Bennington, Vermont.

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    • March 9, 1906
    • Decatur, Indiana
    • May 23, 1965
  5. Apr 9, 2024 · Died: May 23, 1965, Albany, New York (aged 59) 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.

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  6. Jun 7, 2017 · Then, in 1965, Smith died unexpectedly in a car crash. He was 59 years old, at the peak of his artistic career. Greenberg was named as an executor of his estate, along with artist Robert Motherwell and lawyer Ira Lowe.

  7. Oct 6, 2022 · October 6, 2022 9:00am. David Smith, Fish, 1950–51, in the artist's 2006 Tate Modern retrospective. Photo Cathal McNaughton/PA Images via Getty Images. You can’t judge an artist biography by ...

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  8. 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.

  9. Jun 29, 2017 · By Will Heinrich. June 29, 2017. When the artist David Smith died in an auto accident in 1965, he left behind nearly 100 of his large sculptures in the grass outside his studio in Bolton...

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