Edmund Hodgson Smart (1873–1942) was a nineteenth and twentieth-century British painter most noted for his portraits of world leaders. He was born in Alnwick, England. He studied art at the Antwerp Academy in Belgium, at the Académie Julian in Paris, and under Sir Hubert von Herkomer in England.[1]

Edmund Hodgson Smart
Smart circa 1922
Born1873
Died1942 (aged 68–69)
NationalityBritish
Known forPainting

His painting Dawn (1907) was given to the Smithsonian Institution by the artist and is in their public collection.[2]

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Dawn, 1907
 
Smart standing next to his portrait of U.S. President Warren G. Harding

References edit

  1. ^ "SMART, Edmund Hodgson". The International Who's Who in the World. 1912. pp. 961–962.
  2. ^ a b Search Collections - Dawn 1907 Edmund Hodgson Smart, Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 2014-01-12.