Jack Smith
b. 1928
Smith trained at the Sheffield College of Art, 1944-6, St. Martin's School of Art, 1948-50, and the Royal College of Art, 1950-3. In the mid 1950s he was associated with the realists of the 'Kitchen Sink School', although even then he attached more importance to formal qualities than to the nature of the subject matter. His still lifes became increasingly abstract with emphasis upon the patterns of cast shadows and by the 1960s he was using a thick impasto with actual relief. By the end of the 1960s he had adopted hard edge patterns of symbolic shapes against a plain ground. He has taught widely in art schools including the Chelsea School of Art and his awards include the first prize in the John Moores Exhibition of 1957. He has shown in New York, in London galleries (including the Whitechapel, 1959), and internationally in group exhibitions. His work is represented in public collections including the Tate Gallery.
Works Available
Still Life 1953