Smith, Charles L.A. - San Diego mission

Smith, Charles L.A. (1871-1937) Painter.

Born in Auburn, MI on Jan 11, 1871, Smith was a self-taught painter and spent his early career in Chicago. He visited California sometime before 1908 but did not actually settle in Los Angeles until the 1920s. He was art director of the Jonathan Club there at the time of his death on Nov 26, 1937. As well as landscapes, Smith also painted portraits. Exh: Chicago Society of Artist, 1900-08; AIC,1908; PPIE, 1915; Calfi Liberty Fair, 1918; Calif Art Club,1918-26; Painters & Sculptors of LA, 1920-26; Ebell Club (LA), 1921, 1925; Calif. WC Society, 1921-30; Ainslie Galleries (LA),1926; Pig & Whistle (LA), 1929; Calif State Fair, 1930, Santa Cruz Art League, 1934. In: Orange Co (CA) Museum; Univ of Maine Art Gallery, Lawrence (MA)Museum; Gardena High School; Irving (CA)Museum

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