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Frank Hill Smith (1842–1904) was an artist and interior designer in Boston, Massachusetts, United States in the 19th century.〔Frank H. Smith, artist, no.161 Tremont; cf. Boston Directory, 1873〕〔Boston almanac and business directory. 1875, 1876, 1887〕 He painted landscapes and figures; and designed wall frescos, stage curtains, stained glass windows, and other decor.〔New York Times, March 22, 1880〕 Among his works are ceiling frescoes in the Representatives Hall in the Massachusetts State House. ==Life and career== In Boston Smith trained with Hammatt Billings (c. 1859) and also studied at the Lowell Institute. As part of his training he "drew from the antique at the Athenaeum." He travelled in Europe in the 1860s, studying at "the atelier Suisse, in Paris, and ... with () Bonnat and other noted French painters" (1865).〔Robinson. 1888〕 In the 1870s "there is no doubt that Smith, (Harris ) Bicknell, () Robinson, Cole, (Morris ) Hunt, Waterman, and, later on, (Porter ) Vinton, and one or two others, had pretty much the swing of art in Boston for several years. ... They were constantly together, working like brothers in the cause. ... Smith, Robinson, and Hunt used to paint a great deal together; in fact, they formed a triumvirate club to 'sass one another's pictures,' as Hunt termed it."〔 In 1880 New York's "Union League Club ... contracted with John La Farge, Frank Hill Smith, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and Will H. Low to undertake decoration of ... areas in () new building."〔Wilson H. Faude. Associated Artists and the American Renaissance in the Decorative Arts. Winterthur Portfolio, Vol. 10 (1975)〕 In 1886 Smith was "working on the plans of a Casino, to be erected in Green Bay, Florida. The designs are drawn in a broad, artistic manner, and are the most extensive for comfort and elegance of any known in this country. It is estimated that it will require $350,000 to erect and finish the structure."〔American Art Notes. American Art Illustrated, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Nov., 1886)〕 Around this time he designed a cottage intended for Walt Whitman; it was never built.〔Baxter, S. ''Walt Whitman in Boston''. (The New England Magazine, Volume 6. ) August 1892.〕 He painted an "elegant drop curtain" for the Fairhaven Town Hall auditorium, in Massachusetts, c. 1894. Smith also painted ceiling frescoes in the Representatives Hall in the Massachusetts State House,〔King's how to see Boston. 1895〕〔Massachusetts Art Commission, "Art in the Massachusetts State House," 1986〕 depicting portraits of Samuel Adams, John Hancock, James Otis and Joseph Warren. In Boston's Beacon Hill, he lived in the Sunflower House on the corner of River and Mt. Vernon Streets.〔Frank H. Smith, architect, house no. 1 River St.; cf. Boston Directory. 1864〕〔For information about the house, see: Douglass Shand-Tucci. Built in Boston: city and suburb, 1800-2000. Univ of Massachusetts Press, 1999〕 A local newspaper described it: One of the things to see here is the house of Mr. Frank Hill Smith, the artist. He has transformed an old wooden building at the corner of Mt. Vernon and River Streets into the most attractive and picturesque place in the city. ... The upper story and roof are tiled, the windows are abundant and pretty; on the front of the large gable in the roof is a huge sunflower in high relief; below it, on the upper story, is a winged lion in relief; over the front door is a course of grotesque, open carving; the whole is painted yellow, and is so attractive that people who love light and sunshine hover about it like moths round a candle. There is nothing in New England in the least like it; and Mr. Fields did it no more than justice when he brought it into his lecture on Cheerfulness, a day or two ago, with a hearty compliment to its originality, and its cheering influence.〔"Old Boston Streets" (Boston Letter to the Worcester Spy), printed in (''Wayside Gleanings for Leisure Moments''. ) Cambridge, Mass.: J. Wilson & Son, 1882〕 Smith exhibited works in the Museum of Fine Arts in Copley Square (1877)〔Art Journal (1875-1887), New Series, Vol. 3 (1877)〕 and Williams & Everett's gallery (c. 1877). He belonged to Boston's St. Botolph Club.〔G. P. Lathrop. St. Botolph Club, Boston. First Exhibition (Opened May 19. Closed May 29). American Art Review, Vol. 1, No. 10 (Aug., 1880)〕〔Doris A. Birmingham. Boston's St. Botolph Club: Home of the Impressionists. Archives of American Art Journal, Vol. 31, No. 3 (1991)〕 He also acted as a judge in the 1876 U.S. Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia.〔United States Centennial Commission. International Exhibition 1876, Official Catalogue, part 1, 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Nagle, 1876; p.19〕 Around the 1880s he served on the "Permanent Committee of the School of Drawing and Painting of the Museum of Fine Arts," Boston.〔Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin (Boston), Feb. 1925〕 Smith died at Boston in 1904. His descendants included artist Fannie Hillsmith.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fannie Hillsmith )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frank Hill Smith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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