biography
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Smith, David (Roland)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1906–65)
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| biography:
| Sculptor, born in Decatur, Indiana, USA. He studied at Ohio University (1924–5), worked on a car factory assembly line, moved to New York City (1926), and studied at the Art Students League (1927–32) with John Sloan, among others. Influenced by the welded sculptures of Picasso, by 1933 he was producing his acclaimed welded steel series, including ‘Tank Totem V’ (1955–6). After travel in Europe, the Middle East, and Russia (1935–6), he established a studio at the Terminal Iron Works, a shipfitting establishment in Brooklyn. He settled in Bolton Landing, NY (1938) and continued the Voltri-Bolton, Zig, and Cubi series. He died in an automobile accident in Vermont. |
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