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J. André Smith
(1880–1950)
Smith graduated from Cornell University in architecture, but preferred to make etchings, for which he attained a national reputation. Unlike the other official artists, Smith actually received officer's training and served with a camouflage unit before becoming a war artist. As the group's senior officer, he became its commander.
A rapid, accurate worker, Smith also became the group's most prolific artist. After the war he published In France with the American Expeditionary Forces, which led to a successful career as freelance illustrator and painter. In 1938 he opened a studio and art school in Maitland, Florida, still operating today as the Maitland Art Center. |