May Aimée Smith Explained

May Aimée Smith (1886–1962) was an English painter and engraver.^{[1] [2]}

Early life and education

Smith was born 16 March 1886 near Manchester, England. She studied wood engraving in Paris under Dmitri Galanis.^[1]

Career

She had shows with the Society of Wood Engravers and at the Salon d'Automne in Paris.^[1] In 1939/1940 she was included in the Seventh Annual Exhibition of Lithograpy and Wood Engraving at the Art Institute of Chicago.^[3]

Her work is included in the collections of the Seattle Art Museum,^[4] the Auckland City Art Gallery,^[5] the Nottingham City Museums and Galleries,^[6] the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa,^[7] the Victoria & Albert Museum, London^[8] the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester and Manchester Art Gallery.

Smith died in 1962 at Birch Vale, Stockport, Cheshire, England.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: May Aimee Smith | Artists | Collection | British Council − Visual Arts. visualarts.britishcouncil.org.
2. Web site: Artist Info. www.nga.gov.
3. https://www.artic.edu/assets/6f4ddc0c-aaf0-2e37-244e-4fb06439c661
4. Web site: May Aimee Smith – Artists – eMuseum.
5. https://rfacdn.nz/artgallery/assets/media/1979-the-art-of-the-woodcut-catalogue.pdf
6. Web site: print (woodcut): "Fish Market-Toulon". www.europeana.eu.
7. Web site: Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. collections.tepapa.govt.nz.
8. Web site: Roof tops, Paris; Smith, May Aimée. May 9, 2020. V and A Collections.