Hobbe Smith

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Hobbe Smith (7 December 1862, Witmarsum – 1 May 1942, Amsterdam){{cite web |title=Smith, Hobbe |url=http://www.biografischportaal.nl/en/persoon/44221525 |website=Biografisch Portaal |access-date=16 January 2021}} was a Dutch painter, watercolorist and graphic designer, in the Post-Impressionist style.

Biography

His father was a house painter and he was apprenticed to a lithographer at a young age.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} He attended the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, the Tekenacademie (Antwerpen), and the Quellinusschool.{{cite web |title=Hobbe Smith |url=https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/73432 |website=RKD |access-date=16 January 2021 |language=en}}

Thanks to a wealthy patron who liked his work, he was able to receive a Royal Scholarship and studied at the Rijksakademie with August Allebé. Later, he took classes at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp with Charles Verlat.Profile @ the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie.

He painted a wide variety of subjects, including nudes, still lifes, portraits, historical scenes and seascapes, influenced by Jacob Maris. In 1888, he won the Willink van Collenprijs. International fame arrived after an exhibition at the Pulchri Studio in 1902. He received a gold medal from Queen Wilhelmina in 1917. He was also a member of Arti et Amicitiae.

Smith's work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.{{cite web |title=Onze kunst van heden, 1939 - |url=https://www.artindex.nl/lexicon/default.asp?id=6&num=0933300087065090752012317007880100303300&relt=3001&limit=no&in= |website=Beeldend BeNeLux Elektronisch (Lexicon) |access-date= 16 January 2021}}

Smith Odalisk.jpg|Odalisque

Smith Poserend naakt.jpg|Nude

File:Hobbe Smith Badenymphen.jpg|Bathing Nymphs

Smith Molens.jpg|Windmill

Hobbe Smith portret.jpg|Portrait with Floral Wreath