Sir Matthew Smith (1879 – 1959)
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STILL LIFE 1925 Sir Matthew Smith (1879 – 1959) P88 © The Artist's Estate
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THE RED EARRING 1928 Sir Matthew Smith (1879 – 1959) P40 © The Artist's Estate
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A WINDING ROAD-CORNISH LANDSCAPE 1920 Sir Matthew Smith (1879 – 1959) P38 © The Artist's Estate
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WHITE DAHLIA IN A BLUE JUG 1937 Sir Matthew Smith (1879 – 1959) P89 © The Artist's Estate
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RECLINING WOMAN 1924 Sir Matthew Smith (1879 – 1959) P50 © The Artist's Estate
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LANDSCAPE AIX-EN-PROVENCE 1937 Sir Matthew Smith (1879 – 1959) P86 © The Artist's Estate
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YOUNG GIRL 1925 Sir Matthew Smith (1879 – 1959) P96 © The Artist's Estate
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COULEUR DE ROSE 1924 Sir Matthew Smith (1879 – 1959) P85 © The Artist's Estate
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LANDSCAPE EVENING, CAGNES 1935 Sir Matthew Smith (1879 – 1959) P87 © The Artist's Estate
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FITZROY STREET NUDE NO. 2 1916 Sir Matthew Smith (1879 – 1959) P43 © The Artist's Estate
Matthew Smith was born in Halifax, Yorkshire. He studied at Manchester School of Technology and at the Slade School of Fine Art in London. Visits to France encouraged his interest in French painting, but the outbreak of war found him in England. He took a studio in Fitzroy Street, where the painter Walter Sickert was his neighbour. The impact of Smith’s work lies principally in its use of colour: strong, brilliant contrasts with paint laid on generously and confidently. For he was a gifted and sensual colourist, and was equally attracted to the work of Old Masters as he was to Gauguin and the French Fauve painters. Despite living for an extended period in Paris, his early work, especially the Fitzroy Street nudes and Cornish landscapes, belong to the development of Post-Impressionism in Britain. These works possess a muscular vigour and directness quite alien to the predominant styles of painting in Britain at the time and are still remarkable for their immediacy. During World War II both Smith's sons were killed and, separated from his wife, he lived an increasingly solitary existence. He was knighted in 1954. A large group of his paintings was shown at the Venice Biennale in 1950, and a major retrospective shown at the Barbican Art Gallery, London in 1983.
Glossary
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Painting
Work of art made with paint on a surface. Often the surface, also called a support, is a tightly stretched piece of canvas, paper or a wooden panel. Painting involves a wide range of techniques and materials, along with the artist's intellectual concerns effecting the content of a work.
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- UK, Bath, Victoria Art Gallery
- UK, London, Crane Kalman Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/drawing-distinctions-1997">DRAWING DISTINCTIONS- Poland, Lodz, Museum Sztuki
- UK, Nottingham, Castle Museum And Art Gallery
- UK, Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes Gallery
- Russia, Nizhny Novgorod, Museum Of Fine Arts
- Russia, Moscow, Pushkin Museum Of Fine Arts
- Russia, St Petersburg, The Hermitage
- Canada, Whitehorse, Yukon, Yukon Arts Centre
- Canada, Grande Prairie, Alberta, Prairie Art Gallery
- Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Winnipeg Art Gallery
- Canada, Timmins, Timmins Museum And N E C
- Canada, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Acadia University Art Gallery
- Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, National Art Gallery
- Malaysia, Penang, Penang State Museum And Art Gallery
- USA, Tempe, Arizona, Arizona State University Art Museum
- USA, Berkeley, University Art Museum
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/life-into-paint-1992">LIFE INTO PAINT- UK, London, Sothebys
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/for-a-wider-world-1990">FOR A WIDER WORLD- Argentina, Buenos Aires, Museo Nacional De Bellas Artes
- Bulgaria, Sofia, SS Cyril and Methodius International Foundation
- Luxembourg, Musee National D'histoire Et D'art
- USSR, Kyiv, Ukrainian Museum of Fine Arts
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/looking-west-paintings-inspired-by-west-cornwall-from-the-1880s-to-the-present-day-1987">LOOKING WEST PAINTINGS INSPIRED BY WEST CORNWALL FROM THE 1880S TO THE PRESENT DAY- UK, London, Royal College Of Art
- UK, Penzance, Newlyn Art Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/british-art-in-the-twentieth-century-the-modern-movement-1987">BRITISH ART IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY THE MODERN MOVEMENT- UK, London, Royal Academy Of Arts
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/matthew-smith-1983">MATTHEW SMITH- UK, Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Museum
- UK, Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes Gallery
- UK, Rochdale, Rochdale Art Gallery
- UK, London, Barbican Art Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/hong-kong-arts-centre-inaugural-exhibition-1977-1977">Hong Kong Arts Centre Inaugural Exhibition 1977- Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Cultural Centre
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/six-paintings-from-the-british-council-collection-1976">SIX PAINTINGS FROM THE BRITISH COUNCIL COLLECTION- New Zealand, New Plymouth, New Plymouth Art Gallery
- New Zealand, Auckland, Aukland City Art Gallery
- India, Bombay, National Centre For The Performing Arts
- India, New Delhi, National Gallery Of Modern Art
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/matthew-smith-exhibition-1976">MATTHEW SMITH EXHIBITION- UK, London, Arthur Tooth And Sons Ltd
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/european-art-1923-1930-1970">EUROPEAN ART 1923-1930- France, Strasbourg, Musees De Strasbourg
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/decade-1920-30-1970">DECADE 1920-30- UK, London, Camden Arts Centre
- UK, Bristol, Bristol City Art Gallery
- UK, Manchester, Manchester City Art Gallery
- UK, Doncaster, Doncaster Museum And Art Gallery
- UK, Newcastle, Laing Art Gallery
- UK, Leicester, Museum And Art Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/matthew-smith-a-loan-exhibition-paintings-1920-1950-1968">MATTHEW SMITH: A LOAN EXHIBITION: PAINTINGS 1920-1950- UK, London, Waddington Galleries
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/matthew-smith-1966">MATTHEW SMITH- Wales, Bangor, Bangor Art Gallery
- Wales, Aberystwyth, The National Library Of Wales
- Wales, Dolgellau, Dolgellau Free Library
- Wales, Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/decade-1910-20-1965">DECADE 1910-20- UK, Leicester, Museum And Art Gallery
- Scotland, Glasgow, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
- UK, Manchester, Manchester City Art Gallery
- UK, Reading, Reading Museum And Art Gallery
- UK, Leeds, Leeds City Art Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/contemporary-british-painting-1900-1962-1963">CONTEMPORARY BRITISH PAINTING 1900-1962- Romania, Iasi, Palace of Culture
- Romania, Bucharest, National Gallery
- Czechoslovakia, Bratislava, Mirbach Palace and Palffy Palace
- Czechoslovakia, Prague, ULUV Exhibition Hall
- Hungary, Budapest, Ernst Museum
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/20th-century-british-art-1962">20TH CENTURY BRITISH ART- Portugal, Porto, Museu Nacional Soares Dos Reis
- Portugal, Coimbra, Museu Da Nacional Machado De Castro
- Portugal, Lisbon, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/arte-britanica-no-seculo-xx-1962">ARTE BRITANICA NO SECULO XX- Portugal, Porto, British Council Office - Porto
- Portugal, Coimbra, British Council Office - Coimbra
- Portugal, Lisbon, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/contemporary-artists-lithographs-1949">CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS' LITHOGRAPHS- Kenya, Nairobi, Sorsbie Gallery
- India, Mumbai, Jehangir Nicholson Gallery
- Cyprus, Nicosia, British Council Office - Nicosia
- Cyprus, Not known
- Pakistan, Lahore, Alhamra Art Gallery
- Turkey, Turkey
- Spain, Gijon, Salon De Exposiciones Del Real Instituto Jovellanos
- Spain, Oviedo, Galeria De Exposiciones De La Obra Social Y Sultural
- Spain, Madrid, Ateneo De Madrid
- Spain, Salon De Exposiciones De La Sociedad De Amigos Del Arte
- Portugal, Lisbon, Palacio Foz
- Portugal, Porto, Escola Superior De Belas Artes Do Porto
- Ceylon, Colombo, Ceylon Art Gallery
- Switzerland, Fribourg, Musee d'art et d'histoire
- Germany, Berlin, Kunst Templehof
- Canada, Québec, Montreal Museum Of Fine Arts
- Austria, Alpbach, Summer School
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/matthew-smith-1879-1959-1960">MATTHEW SMITH 1879-1959- UK, London, Royal Academy Of Arts
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/four-modern-masters-1959">FOUR MODERN MASTERS- UK, Barnsley, Cannon Hall
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/three-masters-of-modern-british-painting-sir-matthew-smith-victor-pasmore-francis-bacon-1958">Three Masters of Modern British Painting Sir Matthew Smith, Victor Pasmore, Francis Bacon- UK, Cheltenham, Cheltenham Art Gallery And Museum
- UK, Manchester, Manchester City Art Gallery
- UK, Bournemouth, Bournemouth College of Art
- UK, Shrewsbury , Shrewsbury Art Gallery
- UK, Carlisle, Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery
- UK, Bath, Victoria Art Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/contemporary-british-painting-1957">CONTEMPORARY BRITISH PAINTING- South Africa, Port Elizabeth, King George VI Art Gallery
- Dar Es Salaam
- Rhodesia, Ndola
- Uganda, Kampala, British Council Office - Kampala
- Kenya, Mombassa, Mombassa
- Kenya, Nairobi, National Gallery And Museum
- Blantyre-Limbe
- Tanzania, Moshi
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/masters-of-british-painting-1800-1950-1956">Masters of British Painting 1800-1950- USA, San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor/ Fine Arts Museum
- USA, St Louis, St Louis City Art Museum
- USA, New York, Museum Of Modern Art
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/british-art-1900-1955-1956">BRITISH ART 1900-1955- Norway, Oslo, Kunstnernes Hus
- Denmark, Copenhagen, Kunstforeningen
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/matthew-smith-paintings-from-1909-to-1952-1953">MATTHEW SMITH PAINTINGS FROM 1909 TO 1952- UK, London, Tate Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/five-contemporary-british-painters-1952">FIVE CONTEMPORARY BRITISH PAINTERS- Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia, Vancouver Art Gallery
- Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Winnipeg Art Gallery
- Canada, London, Ontario, London Art Gallery And Museum
- Canada, Québec, Montreal Museum Of Fine Arts
- Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, National Gallery Of Canada
- Canada, Art Gallery of Toronto
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/international-art-exhibition-1952">INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION- Japan, Kyoto, Metropolitan Art Gallery
- Japan, Fukuoka, Iwataya Gallery
- Japan, Nagoya, Matsuzakaya Gallery
- Japan, Osaka, Juuge Gallery
- Japan, Sapporo, Marui Gallery
- Japan, Tokyo, Metropolitan Art Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/artistes-anglais-contemporains-1952">ARTISTES ANGLAIS CONTEMPORAINS- France, Macon, Musee Municipal
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/contemporary-british-artists-1952">CONTEMPORARY BRITISH ARTISTS- France, France
- Malta, Malta
- British West Indies
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/british-painting-1925-1950-first-anthology-1951">BRITISH PAINTING 1925-1950: FIRST ANTHOLOGY- UK, Manchester, Manchester City Art Gallery
- UK, London, New Burlington Galleries
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/xxv-venice-biennale-1950">XXV VENICE BIENNALE- Italy, Venice, British Pavilion
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/contemporary-british-art-from-the-collections-of-the-arts-council-and-the-british-council-1949">CONTEMPORARY BRITISH ART FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE ARTS COUNCIL AND THE BRITISH COUNCIL- UK, London, New Burlington Galleries
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/contemporary-art-from-great-britain-united-states-and-france-1949">CONTEMPORARY ART FROM GREAT BRITAIN, UNITED STATES AND FRANCE- Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Art Gallery Of Ontario
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/contemporary-painting-in-great-britain-1948">CONTEMPORARY PAINTING IN GREAT BRITAIN- Belgium, Brussels, Palais Des Beaux-Arts De Bruxelles
- Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Musee De L'etat
- Netherlands, Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum
- Germany, Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle
- Germany, Dusseldorf, Hetjens Museum
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/moderne-englische-graphik-und-aquarelle-kunst-1948">Moderne Englische Graphik und Aquarelle Kunst- Austria, Vienna, Albertina