Artist Gordon Smith, seen here at his West Vancouver studio in 2015, was an advocate for art education.Gordon Appelbe Smith, beloved and influential Canadian painter, printmaker, teacher, former soldier, member of the Order of Canada and namesake for a West Coast gallery dedicated to art education, has died. He was 100.
He was mentored by Group of Seven co-founder Lawren Harris and became close to architect Arthur Erickson, who designed the Harris’s west coast modern home, set in the lush west coast landscape.Smith taught art at the Vancouver School of Art and UBC – and he painted.
The opening installation featured works by Jack Shadbolt, Michael Snow, Gathie Falk, Ian Wallace and Ed Burtynsky.“It’s not just easy art,” Smith said at the time. “It’s not just pretty paintings.”
The fact this dude was born in 1919(less likely 1920) blows my mind.
My quiet neighbour. RIP Gordon Smith. 😥
RIPGordonSmith 💐🌟 Amazing talent 🎨⛰
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