Adolphe Valette Portrait of May Aimee Smith

May Aimée Smith (1886–1962) was an English painter and engraver.

Early life and education

Smith was born 16 March 1886 near

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. She studied wood engraving in Paris under Dmitri Galanis.

Career

She had shows with the Society of Wood Engravers and at the Salon d'Automne in Paris. In 1939/1940 she was included in the Seventh Annual Exhibition of Lithograpy and Wood Engraving at the

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. Her work is included in the collections of the

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, the Auckland City Art Gallery, the Nottingham City Museums and Galleries, the

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, the

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, London the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester and Manchester Art Gallery. Smith died in 1962 at Birch Vale, Stockport, Cheshire, England.

References

1886 births 1962 deaths 20th-century English women artists 20th-century English painters {{England-artist-stub