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Carl J. Smith Paintings

American, b. 1928

Carl J. Smith was the ninth child in a family of ten. Most of his life he has spent living in the high plains of West Texas. After a two year stint in the Army, Smith earned his BS degree from West Texas State in 1953; followed by a 12-year teaching career in Portales, New Mexico. In 1966, Smith moved to Canyon, Texas and began a full-time career as an artist. “While I love New Mexico and Colorado,” he explains, “I always come home to the Texas Panhandle. Not all, but many of my paintings have their inspiration from this part of the country.” Smith has had dozens of one-man shows over the years, including the Thomas Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma and among others, the Grand Central Gallery in New York. Primarily working in oils, Smith is best known for his exceptional subtlety of color, as well as the great visual depth and atmosphere he achieves in his paintings. In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson, Governor John Connally, the King Ranch and other famous individuals began to collect Smith’s paintings. Since that time, the list of collectors has grown to include people from every state in the USA and as far away as Japan and Saudi Arabia.

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Artist: Carl J. Smith
Home on a Prairie
By Carl J. Smith
Located in Austin, TX
This sentimental landscape by Carl J. Smith portrays a small house on a prairie in a style reminiscent of sepia photography from the early 20th centu...
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20th Century Carl J. Smith Paintings

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J. Smith - Framed Late 19th Century Oil, Still Life of Fruit in Leaves
By Carl J. Smith
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An accomplished still life of fruit in leaves. Finely painted by 19th century artist J. Smith. Presented in a bright gilt-effect frame. Signed to the lower left. On canvas on stretch...
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