Effie Anderson Smith
Effie Anderson Smith (September 29, 1869 - April 21, 1955), also known as Mrs. A.Y. Smith, was an early Arizona impressionist painter of desert landscapes, many of Cochise County (where she was a 50 year resident), and the Grand Canyon. She was born in Nashville, Arkansas[1] and died in Prescott, Arizona[2]. She studied at the National Academy of Design in New York, in Philadelphia, and also in California in Oakland (1904)[3], with May Bradford Shockley in San Francisco (1908)[3], in Laguna Beach with Anna Althea Hills (1914) and also at the Stickney School in Pasadena with Jean Mannheim[4] and Richard E. Miller (1916)[5]. Her exhibitions include a show of her Southwest paintings in Corcoran Hall at George Washington University in Washington, DC beginning May 20, 1931.
External links
- ^ Mitre Press Principal Women of America, p. 112
- ^ Prescott Evening Courier "Death Claims Effie Smith", 22 April 1955
- ^ a b Crocker Art Museum Artists in California, 1786-1940, p. 1033
- ^ Progressive Arizona and the Great Southwest Mrs. A.Y. Smith, Arizona Artist November 1929, p. 13, 33, 34
- ^ University of Texas Press An Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West, p. 283
References
- "Mrs. A.Y. Smith, Arizona Artist" by Marian Compton, Progressive Arizona and the Great Southwest, VOL. 9, No. 5 (November 1929)
- "Principal Women of America" (1932), Mitre Press, London.
- "Arizona’s Forgotten Artist Mrs. A.Y. Smith" by O. Carroll Arnold,
Cochise County Historical Journal, VOL. 19, No. 3 (Fall 1989)
- "An Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West" by P.& M.Y. Kovinick (1998), University of Texas Press, Austin.
- "Artists in California, 1786-1940" by E.M. Hughes (2002), Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento.
- "The Artists Bluebook" by L.P. Dunbier (2005), AskART Publishing
- "Prescott Evening Courier", Prescott Arizona, Obituary of 22 April 1955
- www.AskART.com
| Persondata |
| Name |
Smith, Effie Anderson |
| Alternative names |
Smith, Mrs. A.Y. |
| Short description |
Arizona Impressionist landscape painter |
| Date of birth |
September 29, 1869 |
| Place of birth |
Sevier County, Arkansas |
| Date of death |
April 21, 1955 |
| Place of death |
Prescott, Arizona |