Art smith

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Art Smith, born in Cuba in 1917 to Jamaican parents in Cuba. His family settled in Brooklyn in 1920 and Smith showed artistic talent at an early age.

On a miserable January day, I decided to play hooky and spend the day at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. While walking around I heard the faint sound of Jazz in the back ground. As I continued to explore the rooms, the jazz became louder and louder. As I entered the gallery from which the music was playing I was floored, it was a show of the Modernist Jewelry of Art Smith. Oh the joy in my heart as I moved from case to case. I have always loved to forge wire and create torque necklaces, but this…

Art Smith designed cuff links for Duke Ellington and a brooch for Eleanor Roosevelt. His work was featured in Vogue and Harper's Bazaar (in the 1950's), and he moved in the same circles as James Baldwin, Harry Belafonte and Lena Horne. "His designs were interesting and modern. They appealed to people who were artists," says gallery owner Mark McDonald. Smith's jewelry was "sculpture to wear—theatrical, usually large, in copper, brass and silver," adds McDonald. The Brooklyn-raised, Cooper…

When I was in school, every drawing class began with a continuous line drawing exercise. You observed the subject, made one continuous line to render it, never lifting your pencil from the paper and never looking at your drawing while you were creating it. You ended up with a fluid yet coherent rendering. I have always

Art Smith. One of the leading modernist jewelers of the mid-twentieth century, Smith trained at Cooper Union. Inspired by surrealism, biomorphicism, and primitivism, Art Smith’s jewelry is dynamic in its size and form. Although sometimes massive in scale, his jewelry remains lightweight and wearable. See "From the Village to Vogue: The Modernist Jewelry of Art Smith".

Art Smith (Arthur Smith 1917-1982) was born to Jamaican parents in Cuba in 1917. His family moved in Brooklyn in 1920 and he showed his artistic talent from an early age. His jewelry is beautiful…

"A piece of jewelry is in a sense an object that is not complete in itself. Jewelry is a ‘what is it?’ until you...