David Smith Paintings

American, 1906-1965

British landscape artist David Smith was born in Essex in 1949. David has been a professional artist since 1976 and has since established himself as one of the UK’s leading landscape artists. David’s passion for the countryside is more than evident, his traditional approach along with eye catching detail gives a truly naturalistic feel to his paintings. It’s easy to immerse yourself in one of David’s works and feel the landscape as if you were strolling along the river bank on a beautiful summer’s day. Over the years, David’s paintings have sold to private and corporate clients around the world, especially in the America where he’s held many successful exhibitions. David Smith is the father of successful landscape artist Michael James Smith.

Artist: David Smith

David SmithUntitled, 1930

$300,000

Untitled

By David Smith

Located in Palm Desert, CA

"Untitled" is a painting by American artist David Smith. David Smith’s paintings from the 1930s rarely come to market, and when Untitled (Billiard Players) surfaced at a Christie’s auction in 2018, it created quite a stir, realizing an impressive price of $1.15 million. Painted around the same time, Untitled shares many similarities with Untitled (Billiard Players). Both paintings affirm Smith’s place among the American artists when ideas and style began to intermingle and coalesce around Picasso’s innovations. Uniquely positioned in temperament and ability, Smith was a man of considerable ambition whose direct-metal configurations would have much to do with achieving new ideas about abstraction. Yet all along, he insisted he was a painter, not a sculptor who painted. Paintings by Smith...

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1930s Abstract David Smith Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

David SmithUntitled, 1936

$300,000

Untitled

By David Smith

Located in Palm Desert, CA

"Untitled" is a painting by artist David Smith. The work is signed and dated in the upper left "David Smith (symbol) 1936". When David Smith set up a workshop on the Brooklyn Navy Pier in 1933 to learn direct-metal techniques, he shared the space not with artists, but with professional welders. Yet as he stated in 1964, ‘…all my early friends were painters…I never conceived of myself as anything other than a painter because my work came straight through the raised surface.’ Picasso and Cubism would be dominant influences in Smith’s work. He understood that Picasso imagined the world as a sculptor might, and not necessarily limited to the unavoidable impact of Cubism. In addition to pursuing a kind of rethinking of the world in three-dimensionality on his own terms, by the late 1920s, Picasso had shown interest in surrealism. That meant drawing not as a depiction of reality, but rather as a reconfiguration of the body in an assemblage of often precariously balanced, interconnected forms — some expressed in a three-dimensional form, others as drawings or paintings. Those processes are reflected in this work by David Smith; three fanciful totemic assemblages set within a landscape perspective of ground, mountains, and sky and whose presence is surreal enough to cast shadows under a presumed solar presence. Untitled, 1936 embraces surrealism, yet also serves to demonstrate the extent to which his thought processes are inextricably linked to sculpture and related to scale, spatial orientation, and three-dimensionality. With that in mind, it is not surprising to know that Smith saw no demarcation between sculpture and painting, or that a painting such as Untitled (1936) can exist outside of planning or design for future three-dimensional work. Provenance: Estate of David Smith, New York Hauser & Wirth Private Collection Exhibition: Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, ‘David Smith: Skulptureen, Zeichnungen [David Smith: Sculpture and Drawings]’ Dusseldorf/DE, March 14 – April 27, 1986 (travelled to: Städtische Galerie im Stäelschen Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt/DE, June 19 – September 28, 1986: Whitechapel Art Gallery...

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1930s Abstract David Smith Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

David SmithConstellations, Modern Painting by David Smith 1963, 1963

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Constellations, Modern Painting by David Smith 1963

By David Smith

Located in Long Island City, NY

For David Smith, America's greatest sculptor of the twentieth century, there is little difference between drawing, painting, and sculpture. He easily moved from one medium to the next and indeed one subject to the next, such that a drawing could be a unique object in its own right or a sculpture could in turn be an inspiration for a drawing. Smith was an artist of the outdoors; his work bears the mark of his surroundings. Black lines on white paper can suggest natural elements like sticks in a snow-covered field, or even less empirical and rather conceptual renderings of his sculpture imagined within the same snow-covered field. This oil on canvas painting is signed with the Greek letters "Delta Sigma...

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1960s Minimalist David Smith Paintings

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Canvas, Gouache

Kotryna OnaitytėContemporary Oil on Canvas Painting Abstract - Transparent Beige Veil, 2024

$2,942

H 51.19 in W 39.38 in

Contemporary Oil on Canvas Painting Abstract - Transparent Beige Veil

Located in Vilnius, Vilniaus apskr.

Young emerging artist Kotryna Onatytė has already been recognized for her impeccable technique, having won the Young Painters Contest Zabolis Art Prize in Vilnius, Lithuania (2025). ...

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2010s Abstract David Smith Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Anastasiia Danilenko"Juliet" Abstract Figurative Oil Painting 59 x 33.5" in by Anastasiia Danilenko, 2025

$4,500

H 59 in W 33.5 in

"Juliet" Abstract Figurative Oil Painting 59 x 33.5" in by Anastasiia Danilenko

By Anastasiia Danilenko

Located in Culver City, CA

"Juliet" Abstract Figurative Oil Painting 59 x 33.5" in by Anastasiia Danilenko Ships rolled in a tube Anastasiia Danilenko is an artist and graphic designer. But the area of he...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist David Smith Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Steve McElroy"Gold Butterfly" original oil on canvas large painting by Steve McElroy, 2021

$1,750

H 60 in W 48 in D 2 in

"Gold Butterfly" original oil on canvas large painting by Steve McElroy

By Steve McElroy

Located in Dallas, TX

"Gold Butterfly" oil on canvas original oil painting by known artist Steve McElroy. This large painting is 48 x 60 inches. Signed front and back. Search Steve McElroy's name for ...

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2010s Abstract David Smith Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Robert MotelskiLight 28 August 19:59, Modern Landscape Painting, Minimalistic, Abstract, Sea, 2017

$1,000

H 15.75 in W 20.87 in D 0.79 in

Light 28 August 19:59, Modern Landscape Painting, Minimalistic, Abstract, Sea

By Robert Motelski

Located in Salzburg, AT

Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They depend on the season of year, the ti...

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2010s Minimalist David Smith Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Anastasiia Danilenko"Revival" Oil Painting 39" x 35" inch by Anastasiia Danilenko, 2023

$3,950

H 39 in W 35 in

"Revival" Oil Painting 39" x 35" inch by Anastasiia Danilenko

By Anastasiia Danilenko

Located in Culver City, CA

"Revival" Oil Painting 39" x 35" inch by Anastasiia Danilenko Anastasiia Danilenko is an artist and graphic designer. But the area of her occupation is painting and such a traditio...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist David Smith Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Horacio SapereAbstract Portrait Mixed Media Painting Blue Informalist Oil Collage Canvas, c.1985

$1,706

H 24.02 in W 18.12 in

Abstract Portrait Mixed Media Painting Blue Informalist Oil Collage Canvas

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Abstract Portrait Mixed Media Painting Blue Informalist Oil Collage Canvas Sapere TECHNICAL DETAILS Artist: Horacio Sapere (b. 1951) Title: Abstract Portrait Medium: Oil and collag...

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1980s Abstract David Smith Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Irena OrlovBlack And White Painting, The Invisible World-Movement, New Media vs Painting, 2018

$6,000Sale Price|28% Off

H 40 in W 60 in D 1.5 in

Black And White Painting, The Invisible World-Movement, New Media vs Painting

By Irena Orlov

Located in Los Angeles, CA

40H x 60W inch, Innovative and Contemporary Original New Media Abstract Black And White Work on Canvas Minimalist New Media Original Painting on Canvas Innovative and Contemporary O...

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2010s Minimalist David Smith Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Digital

Steve McElroyOriginal abstract oil painting by prominent searchable artist Steve McElroy., 2025

$1,100

H 22 in W 28 in D 0.5 in

Original abstract oil painting by prominent searchable artist Steve McElroy.

By Steve McElroy

Located in Dallas, TX

This artist's butterfly work is in the current Veranda Magazine with Jan Showers. "Live a Colorful Life" original oil on canvas painting by Steve McElroy, 2025. 22 x 28 inches. Thi...

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2010s Abstract David Smith Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Jae HahnKorean Abstract Minimalist Gouache Painting LA Woman Artist MInimalism

$1,800

H 18 in W 30 in

Korean Abstract Minimalist Gouache Painting LA Woman Artist MInimalism

By Jae Hahn

Located in Surfside, FL

Jae Hahn is a Korean-born artist living in Los Angeles. Known for abstraction and minimalism. She graduated with a Bachelors of Arts degree majoring in painting at UCLA in 1977. She spent her first 20 formative years in Korea, and the following 30 years in Los Angeles. Hahn’s search to find her own identity and cultural heritage resulted in studying Oriental philosophy, but more specifically, Taoism and Zen Buddhism. She later focused on figure painting, consolidating what she learned from all schools of masters. The first was about structure from cubism. Next were the dynamic color studies of Matisse, and third, the freedom of spontaneous gestural strokes found in Abstract Expressionism. During the late 1990’s, Hahn experienced her own Renaissance. Her paintings took on a new life, with more activity and interlocking positive and negative space, and varying textures (“folding”) and irregular shapes. This resulted in the Unfoldings series, which encompasses Hahn’s artistic attributes of color and form, surface layered depth of field, sculpture, geometry and structure. Jae's paintings are painted in varied tones of a single colour, and usually appear in the form of diptych, triptych or polyptych. The contents are patterns formed by lines such as a triangle, a diagonal, a cross or simply a horizontal line. Simplicity is indeed a quality that the artist intends to convey through her art. Following in the tradition of Donald Judd, John McCracken, Agnes Martin, Dan Flavin and Robert Morris, Her work tends towards a luminous minimalist style. She has showed at Kelley Roy gallery alongside John Henry, Dolly Moreno and Sebastian Spreng. She has also shown at Seth Jason Beitler Gallery in Miami. Selected Individual Exhibitions Millenia Fine Arts, Orlando, FL Lois Neiter Fine Arts, Sherman Oaks, CA Gallery Seohwa, Seoul, Korea Rule Modern and Contemporary Gallery, Denver, CO Lois Neiter Fine Arts, Malibu Beach, CA Grey McGear Modern, Santa Monica, CA T. Curtsnoc Fine Arts, Miami, FL Rule Modern and Contemporary Gallery, Denver, CO University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, Wyoming T. Curtsnoc Fine Arts, Miami, FL Boritzer/Gray/Hamano Gallery, Santa Monica, CA The Seoul Club Exhibition, Seoul, Korea Claremont Graduate School - West Gallery, Claremont, CA Byucksan Museum, Seoul, Korea Boritzer/Gray Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Indeco Gallery, Seoul, Korea Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale, CA Selected Group Exhibitions "Zen Summer”, Thomas Lavin, West Hollywood, CA The Fall Show, Susan Street Fine Art, Solano Beach, CA "Faces and Figures", Lois Neiter Fine Arts, Malibu, CA Jae Hahn, Kathleen Keifer, Caroyl La Barge, Maggie Lowe Tennessen Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Las Angeles, CA "Surface, Color, Light", Lois Neiter Fine Arts, Sherman Oaks, CA Miami Art Fair, T. Curtsnoc Fine Arts, Miami, FL London Art Fair 2002, Mark Jason Gallery, London, England "Abstractly", Rio Hondo College, Whittier, CA "Spring", LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM "Contemporary Art Without A Mouse", LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM "California Asian Women In Art", Fresh Paint Art, Culver City, CA "Summer Exhibition", Gallery Seohwa, Seoul, Korea "Update 2000", Fresh Paint Art, Culver City, CA Pasadena Historical Architecture Showcase, Pasadena, CA "Korean Contemporary Art," University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, Wyoming Five Persons' Show, Cline LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM "Korean Contemporary Art," Edwin Ulrich Art Museum, Wichita, Kan "Fall Exhibit" Lois Neiter Fine Arts, Sherman Oaks, CA "Paradise Lost-Abstraction after Modernism" Grey McGear Modern, Santa Monica, CA "Summer Exhibit" J.J. Brookings Gallery, San Francisco, CA "Korean Contemporary Art" The Cerrillos Cultural Center, Cerrillos, NM. "Essence in Purity" The Luckman Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA. "Collector's Choice" Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL "Of Paint and Metal", Ken Elias Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL "Boom," T. Curtsnoc Fine Arts, Miami, FL "New Beginnings Old Friends," Fresh Paint Fine Arts, Culver City, CA Triton Contemporary Art Fair, San Francisco, CA Cerrillos Cultural Center, Cerrillos, NM "Inauguration Opening Exhibition", View gallery, New York, NY "Abstraction and Essence", Susan Street Fine Art Gallery, Solana Beach "Simply Small", Susan Street Fine Art Gallery, Solona Beach, CA "Idea House" Project, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA Works on Paper L.A. 1995 Art Fair, Santa Monica, CA USART, Ft. Mason, San Francisco, CA The 9th International Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA "Big Littles", Boritzer/Gray/Hamano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Jae H. Hahn and Julia N. Chu, Pierce College Art Gallery, Woodland Hills, CA The 7th International Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA Neo-Modernism by Five American Artists, Markant Gallery, Langelo, Holland Summer Group Show, Janus Gallery...

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Late 20th Century Minimalist David Smith Paintings

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Gouache, Archival Paper

Robert MotelskiLight 14 March 17:21 - Modern Expressive Forest Landscape Painting, 2024

$1,765

H 17.72 in W 31.89 in D 0.79 in

Light 14 March 17:21 - Modern Expressive Forest Landscape Painting

By Robert Motelski

Located in Salzburg, AT

Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They depend on the season of year, the ti...

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2010s Minimalist David Smith Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Robert MotelskiLight 21 October 11:59 - Modern, Minimalistic, Abstract Sea Landscape Painting, 2023

$3,060

H 35.44 in W 51.19 in D 0.79 in

Light 21 October 11:59 - Modern, Minimalistic, Abstract Sea Landscape Painting

By Robert Motelski

Located in Salzburg, AT

The painting is signed on the back Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They ...

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2010s Minimalist David Smith Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Nerea CaosContemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Oil Painting Psychological Symbol, 2022

$1,130

H 15.75 in W 19.69 in

Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Oil Painting Psychological Symbol

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Oil Painting Psychological Symbolism Artist: Nerea Caos (b. 1993) Title: El feto que todo lo ve Medium: Oil ...

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2010s Abstract Expressionist David Smith Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Previously Available Items

David SmithDavid Smith (1939-) English Countryside large REALIST ORIGINAL Oil Painting, 1995

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H 25.99 in W 33.47 in D 1.97 in

David Smith (1939-) English Countryside large REALIST ORIGINAL Oil Painting

By David Smith

Located in Cirencester, GB

ARTIST: David Smith (1949-) British TITLE: "The Weald Kent" SIGNED: lower right MEDIUM: oil on canvas SIZE: 85cm x 66cm framed CONDITION: excellent DETAIL: British landscape art...

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Late 20th Century Realist David Smith Paintings

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Oil

David SmithDavid Smith (1939-) English Countryside large REALIST ORIGINAL Oil Painting, 2000

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H 28.35 in W 40.16 in D 1.97 in

David Smith (1939-) English Countryside large REALIST ORIGINAL Oil Painting

By David Smith

Located in Cirencester, GB

ARTIST: David Smith (1949-) British TITLE: "The River Dove, Derbyshire" SIGNED: lower right MEDIUM: oil on canvas SIZE: 102cm x 72cm framed CONDITION: excellent DETAIL: British ...

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Late 20th Century Realist David Smith Paintings

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Oil

David SmithDavid Smith (1939-) English Countryside large REALIST ORIGINAL Oil Painting, 1995

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H 40.16 in W 28.35 in D 2.76 in

David Smith (1939-) English Countryside large REALIST ORIGINAL Oil Painting

By David Smith

Located in Cirencester, GB

ARTIST: David Smith (1949-) British TITLE: "Near Shalford Essex" SIGNED: lower right MEDIUM: oil on canvas SIZE: 102cm x 72cm framed CONDITION: excellent DETAIL: British landscape artist David Smith was born in Essex in 1949. David has been a professional artist since 1976 and has since established himself as one of the UK’s leading landscape artists. David’s passion for the countryside is more than evident, his traditional approach along with eye catching detail gives a truly naturalistic feel to his paintings. It’s easy to immerse yourself in one of David’s works and feel the landscape as if you were strolling along the river bank on a beautiful summer’s day. Over the years, David’s paintings have sold to private and corporate clients around the world, especially in the America where he’s held many successful exhibitions. David Smith is the father of successful landscape artist Michael James Smith.

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Late 20th Century Realist David Smith Paintings

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Oil

David SmithModern British Impressionist View of London, St. Pauls from the Monument, 1971

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H 35 in W 41 in D 4 in

Modern British Impressionist View of London, St. Pauls from the Monument

By David Smith

Located in Woodbury, CT

This stunning 1971 thick impasto view of London and St. Paul's Cathedral from the Monument by the English artist David Smith is a masterful example of abstract urban landscape painti...

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1970s Modern David Smith Paintings

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Oil, Panel

David SmithUntitled, 1957

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H 23 in W 35.25 in

Untitled

By David Smith

Located in Houston, TX

David Smith Untitled, 1957 Oil on paper 23 x 35 1/4

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David Smith Paintings

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Oil, Paper

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Find a wide variety of authentic David Smith paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by David Smith in canvas, fabric, oil paint and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 1930s and is mostly associated with the abstract style. Not every interior allows for large David Smith paintings, so small editions measuring 16 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Wilson Henry Irvine, Michael Loew, and Robert McIntosh. David Smith paintings prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $300,000 and tops out at $300,000, while the average work can sell for $300,000.