Arthur Hall Smith papers
name: label: Creator
content: Smith, Arthur Hall, 1929-
label: Names
content: Palmer, John
label: Names
content: Seligman, Otto D., 1890-1966
label: Names
content: Tobey, Mark
topic: label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Washington (D.C.)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1984 by Arthur Hall Smith and in 2013 by educator and art historian Barbara Stephanic, who studied and collected works by Hall.
creator: label: Creator
content: Smith, Arthur Hall, 1929-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Arthur Hall Smith (1929- 2013) was a painter and educator in Washington, D.C. Smith received a Fullbright fellowship to study in Paris in 1951. He studied at Atelier 17, Paris, with S.W. Hayter in 1952. He entered graduate school at the University of Washington in 1955, and studied with Mark Tobey, 1955-1957.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1947-2009
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.smitarth
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3590 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical information, correspondence, photographs and printed material relating to artist Arthur Hall Smith.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical information includes a biography, chronology and list of works of art. Letters are to Smith from Mark Tobey (with messages from Otto Seligmann) and others, some with tyepscripts and notes by Smith. Photographs are of Smith and his works of art and a photograph by John Palmer, a Seattle photographer. Printed material includes newspaper clippings, exhibition catalogs, including a retrospective exhibition catalog of Tobey's works held at St. Albans School, Washington, D.C., 1959, with an introduction by Smith, and other printed material.