Bidspirit auction | American Francis Hopkinson Smith Watercolor

American Francis Hopkinson Smith Watercolor Painting - Fine watercolor on paper painting ”Venice” by listed American artist Francis Hopkinson Smith (1838-1915). Signed lower left. F. Hopkinson Smith was born in 1838, in Baltimore, Maryland. He was a self-taught artist known primarily for his landscape paintings and illustrations. He was the treasurer of the American Watercolor Society from 1873 to 1878, a member of the Philadelphia and Cincinnati Art Clubs, the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and the Society of Illustrators (both in NYC). He exhibited at the National Academy of Design in New York City, the Brooklyn Art Association, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and the Boston Art Club, among others. The Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Albright Art Gallery in Buffalo collected Smith's work. After the Civil War, Smith worked as a naval engineer with fellow artist J. Symington. They built the foundation for the Statue of Liberty and many breakwaters. By the 1880's, he had given up engineering in order to paint (a hobby until then), travel, write, and lecture. He was noted especially for his watercolors and charcoal drawings, many of which appeared in his books of travel.Smith and his fellow artists, Arthur Quartly and Charles Stanley Reinhart, were part of an artists' colony that developed at Cold Spring Harbor, New York. He was the author of Col. Carter of Cartersville, Fortunes of Oliver Horn, and American Illustrators. The artist died in 1915, in New York City. Size: Framed: 23 1/4” x 33 3/4”; Unframed: 12 7/8” x 23 1/2”. Detailed condition reports are not included in this catalog. For additional information, including condition reports, please contact us at info@sofedesignauctions.com. ***All lots are sold as-is and where is. No statement regarding age, condition, kind, value, or quality of a lot, whether made orally at the auction or at any other time, or in writing in this catalog or elsewhere, shall be construed to be an express or implied warranty, representation, or assumption of liability. All sales are final, and SOFE AUCTIONS does not give refunds. SOFE AUCTIONS ARE PLEASED TO OFFER IN-HOUSE PACKAGING AND SHIPPING SERVICES. PACKAGING SERVICE ONLY: start at $25 and up depending on item/s. Available IN-HOUSE shipping is within the USA of small, medium, semi-large, NON-FRAGILE items. SOFE WON'T ship items in glass frames. After paying for your item/s please call us at 469-268-1177, or email us at info@sofedesignauctions.com to request a quote. All item/s will be shipped via UPS or FedEx, FULLY insured, unless insurance declined in writing by the buyer. SOFE AUCTIONS does not use USPS. We do have a list of suggested third-party shippers. Please visit our webpage for a list of recommended shippers.