[DOC] [TLE] David Smith Biography, Art, and Analysis of Works | The Art Story [PAR] Collage was an important influence on Smith, and it shaped his work in various ... 
One method he used was to disperse pictorial motifs around the edge of the 
sculpture, ... began working at the Studebaker automobile factory in South Bend, 
Indiana. There, Smith learned soldering and spot-welding techniques that he 
would... [DOC] [TLE] David Smith | American sculptor | Britannica.com [PAR] American sculptor whose pioneering welded metal sculpture and massive 
painted ... Smith was never trained as a sculptor, but he learned to work with 
metal in 1925, when he was briefly employed as a riveter at the Studebaker 
automobile plant in ... In Zigs, his most successful Cubist works, he used paint to 
emphasize the... [DOC] [TLE] David Smith (sculptor) - Wikipedia [PAR] Roland David Smith (March 9, 1906  May 23, 1965) was an American abstract 
expressionist ... Matulka introduced Smith to the work of Picasso, Mondrian, 
Kandinsky, and ... At Bolton Landing, he ran his studio like a factory, stocked with 
large ... Smith explored the technique of burnishing his stainless steel sculptures 
with a... [DOC] [TLE] David Smith - Mark Borghi Fine Art [PAR] As the first recognized American sculptor to employ welding techniques, he was 
... he took correspondence courses from the Cleveland Art School and learned ... 
working as a welder and riveter in the Studebaker automobile plant in South 
Bend, ... Pablo Picasso and welded metal sculpture of Julio Gonzalez, Spanish 
artist. [DOC] [TLE] Technique and process in the papers of David Smith | Richard ... [PAR] For the American sculptor, David Smith (19061965), drawing was a language to 
... and sculpture, also made discreet reference to his sculptural work via 
techniques and ... dimensions and resonated with materials used for his steel 
sculpture. ... and spot welder in a Studebaker automobile factory at South Bend, 
Indiana. [DOC] [TLE] David Smith - Whitney Museum of American Art [PAR] Oct 6, 2011 ... The Estate of David Smith/Licensed by VAGA, New York. ... manufacturing plant 
and learned the skills of handling metals and ... Working Methods and Materials 
... composed of stainless steel cubes that reflected the sunlight. He .... learned 
how to weld, work a lathe, and solder, all skills he later used in his... [DOC] [TLE] Some Points To Consider - ArtSmart: Indiana [PAR] Roland David Smith, who was born in Decatur, in Adams County, Indiana, 
became ... He attended the Art Students League in New York City and began his 
artistic career ... welded together discarded metal parts to create a new kind of 
sculpture. ... the materials and techniques the artist used and the final work of art 
created. [DOC] [TLE] 'David Smith: A Centennial' Opens At Solomon R. Guggenheim ... [PAR] Synthesizing avant-garde traditions in works of welded metal, he created a 
unique ... His diverse, iconic works revolutionized the art of sculpture at home 
and abroad. ... Smith used symbolic objects to recall memories of his life in The 
Letter 1950 ... as a riveter and welder at the Studebaker automobile factory in 
South Bend,... [DOC] [TLE] About Sculpture - Meadows Museum [PAR] A Self-Guide to Sculpture in the Meadows Museum Collection .... learn from art? 
.... Artists in our collection such as David Smith and Claes Oldenburg were both ... 
stylized sculpture (as in the work of Henry Moore and Alberto Giacometti). .... 
young girl's head whose facial features are poetically formed in a stainless steel. [DOC] [TLE] Mathematics & Art - Office of General Services [PAR] Use sculpture and painting to learn mathematical ideas and demonstrate .... 
David Smith lived and worked in Bolton Landing on Lake George and is ... 
working in metal in 1932, enabling him to utilize the welding skills and 
techniques he developed while working at an automobile plant and later at a 
locomotive factory. He. [DOC] [TLE] geometry and art - LACMA [PAR] evident in painting and sculpture, as in the cubist still life by the Mexican 
modernist Diego Rivera and in the works of American artist David

Question: Working at an auto plant David Smith learned the techniques he used sculpting this “stainless” metal
Answer: steel