Name/Title
Forest FlightEntry/Object ID
2015.522.2Description
Lithograph of small child/girl on tree branches in the forest. Placard on back of frame states that it is, "limited edition, signed original lithograph, By Lawrence Beall Smith, Forest Flight"Type of Print
LithographCollection
APSU Permanent CollectionMade/Created
Artist
Lawrence Beall SmithNotes
Artist's Biography: (Written biography on back of piece)
For two years during World War II, Lawrence Beall Smith was an accredited war Artist-Correspondent. His assignements covered one of America's largest aircraft carriers as well as the D-Day invasion of Normandy and the battles through that contryside.
Born in Washington, D. C. in 1909, Smith graduated from the University of Chicago and received his art training at night in the Art Institute of Chicago. He studied also in Gloucester during summers and under Hopkinson and Zimmerman of Boston. His works are in the permanent collections of the John Herron Art Institute of Minneapolis Harcard University, University of Minnesota, Encyclopaedia Britannica Collectio, Addison Gallery of American Art, and many others.Inscription/Signature/Marks
Location
Bottom right of imageTranscription
Lawrence Beall SmithDimensions
Height
10-1/4 inWidth
12 inDimension Description
FrameHeight
19-1/4 inWidth
18-1/4 in