Gordon A. Smith
Gordon A. Smith | |
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| Born | Gordon Appelbe Smith June 18, 1919 East Brighton, England |
| Died | January 18, 2020 (aged 100) West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Known for | Painter, printmaker, sculptor and teacher |
| Spouse | Marion Fleming (m. 1941) |
| Awards | Order of Canada, Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts, Audain Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Visual Arts |
Gordon Appelbe Smith CM RCA (June 18, 1919 – January 18, 2020) was an English-born Canadian artist, known for expanding the dialogue between abstraction and representation, working with mediums such as painting, printmaking, and sculpting. Smith taught with contemporaries Bruno Bobak, B.C. Binning and Jack Shadbolt at the Vancouver School of Art (now Emily Carr University of Art and Design) for 10 years, then for 26 years at the University of British Columbia before retiring in 1982 to paint full-time.