Francis Smith (1881-1961), Portuguese painter based in Paris, poetic painter of Portuguese memories. Lithograph.
Francis Smith (1881-1961) was a Portuguese painter of English origin based in Paris, whose poetic and colorful work celebrated throughout his life the landscapes, festivities, and daily life of Portugal.
Born in Lisbon in 1881, Francisco Smith moved to Paris in 1907, where he married the sculptor Yvonne Mortier and adopted French nationality. He exhibited in Lisbon from 1911, then at the Salon d'Automne in Paris. Far from Portugal, he painted its memories: processions, markets, small squares, colorful houses, in simplified forms and a bright, luminous palette, with a sophisticated naivety. He died in Paris in 1961.
The gallery offers above the lithograph "Bouquet," from 1958. It is shipped to you with care, tracked and insured, with the gallery's certificate. Other painters of the École de Paris to discover: Moïse Kisling and Marie Laurencin.