Painting

Title:

Manchester Skyline

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

2018.033

Creator:

Smith, Clifford (1951-2014)Artist

Date:

1995

Description:

Painting of Manchester Skyline, by Clifford Smith (1951-2014), oil on canvas, 1995. Realist-style view of city from west bank of Merrimack River; river in foreground, bridge on left, tall modern buildings in center, and Amoskeag Mill buildings on right. Inscribed on back of canvas, upper left: "24x60 #8 'MANCHESTER SKYLINE MANCHESTER NH' / 1995 CLIFFORD SMITH", and signed "Clifford". Stretcher stamped on center bar, "TRI-MAR / ENTERPRISES INC / HAND-MADE USA".

Material:

Textile

Dimensions:

H-24 W-60 inches

Provenance:

Clifford Smith (1951-2014) was born in Passaic, NJ. He studied art, receiving a B.S. from Southern Connecticut State College in 1973, and a M.F.A., from the Pratt Institute of Art in 1979. He settled in New Hampshire after receiving a Teaching Assistantship at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in 1979. Smith became known as a realist painter, producing large-scale landscapes and seascapes. Influenced by the work of artists Caravaggio, Frank Stella, and Gerhard Richter, he crafted compositions through the careful layering and patterning of numerous brushstrokes, playing with the viewer's perception of the subject. Smith also occasionally taught at Notre Dame College and the New Hampshire Institute of Art. His works can be found in New Hampshire museum collections, as well as those of Yale University, New Haven, CT; American Stock Exchange, New York; and Illinois Bell Telephone, Chicago, IL.

Credit Line:

Gift of John F. Swope

People:

Smith, Clifford (1951-2014)

Subjects:

Manchester, NH, Cityscape paintings, Cityscapes, City views, Realism