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1906
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Born in Decatur, Indiana; father is telephone technician-executive and inventor; mother is school teacher
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1921
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Smith family moves to Paulding, Ohio
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1924 - 1925
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Attends Ohio University in Athens for one year to study art; transfers to Notre Dame University, Southbend, Indiana; works summer of 1925 at Studebaker Company’s factory in South Bend
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1926 - 1927
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Assigned by Studebaker Company to New York City; meets Dorothy Dehner, an art student who lives in his apartment building; Marries Dehner in 1927; at the suggestion of Dehner, he attends the Art Students League and studies painting with John Sloan
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1928 - 1929
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Studies with Czech artist Jan Matulka; Matulka introduces Smith to works of Kandinsky, Mondrian, the Russian Constructivists, and the Cubists, especially Pablo Picasso
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1929
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Smiths spend time at Lake George in Bolton Landing, New York, at the house of Thomas and Weber Furlong, friends from the Art Students League; Dorothy Dehner’s inheritance allows Smiths to purchase an eighty-six acre farm in Bolton Landing; Smiths meet artist John Graham via the Furlongs and Graham introduces Smith to sculptural works of Picasso and Julio Gonzalez, who were working in iron
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1931 - 1932
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Smiths visit the Virgin Islands and stay through June 1932; makes abstract drawings and paintings; produces first sculptures out of coral; Smiths return to New York and David begins to use steel for his sculptures
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1933
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Welds sculpture in a foundry in Brooklyn, New York, called Terminal Iron Works, which becomes his adopted make-shift “studio” for several years
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1934
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Through John Graham Smith meets Frank Crowninshield, the editor of Vanity Fair, and Smith is commissioned to make bases for Crowninshield’s African sculpture collection; with John Graham’s introduction, Smith now part of New York City circle of artists Milton Avery, Arshile Gorky, Stuart Davis, Adolph Gottlieb and Jean Xceron
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1935
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Smiths travels to Europe for several months, visiting London, Paris, Greece, Soviet Union
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1938
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Prominent New York dealer Marian Willard offers Smith first solo exhibition at her East River Gallery; Willard represents Smith for next eighteen years
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1940
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Electricity becomes available in Bolton Landing, prompting Smiths to leave New York City and live full-time at their Bolton Landing farm; the farm becomes known as 'Terminal Iron Works'
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1942 - 1944
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Works at the American Locomotive Company in Schenectady, New York welding tanks; artistic productivity declines due to shortage of materials because of war, however continues to make drawings
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1944
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Starts again to make more sculptures at Bolton Landing; exhibits frequently
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1950
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Smith and Dorothy Dehner separate (divorce finalized in 1952) and he begins to work furiously on his sculptures
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1950 - 1951
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Awarded Guggenheim Foundation fellowship two years in a row; continues to produce drawings, which become more calligraphic and flowing due to his interest in Asian art
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1953
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Marries Jean Freas; couple has two daughters, Candida and Rebecca
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1958
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Begins 'spray' paintings (places scraps of metal and other materials on a sheet of paper and sprays the objects with paint or enamel, resulting in an overall design of an opaque background and 'empty' space where objects once were)
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1961
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Marriage to Jean Freas ends
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1962
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Invited to partake in prestigious Spoleto Festival of Two Worlds and produces an amazing twenty-seven sculptures in thirty days
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1965
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Appointed by President Lyndon Johnson to the National Council on the Arts; dies May 23rd in a tragic truck accident near Bennington, Vermont
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Expositions sélectionnées |
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2009 |
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Marble, Gagosian Gallery, New York, USA |
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2009 |
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Institut Valenciá d'Art Modern (IVAM), Valencia, Spain |
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2009 |
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The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1960-1989, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA |
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2009 |
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Innovations in the Third Dimension: Sculpture of Our Time, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut, USA |
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2009 |
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The Thaw Collection of Master Drawings: Acquisitions Since 2002, The Morgan Library and Museum, New York, USA |
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2009 |
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Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, USA |
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2009 |
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Russell Bowman Art Advisory, Chicago, USA |
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2009 |
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Washburn Gallery, New York, USA |
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2008 |
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Sprays, Gagosian Gallery, New York, USA |
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2008 |
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Working Surface -- Drawings, Paintings, Sculptures 1932-1962, Galerie Gmurzynska, Zurich, Switzerland |
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2008 |
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1945-1949: Repartir à zero, comme si la peinture n'avait jamais existé, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, France |
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2008 |
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Untitled (Vicarious): Photographing the Constructed Object, Gagosian Gallery, New York |
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2008 |
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In Pursuit of the Masters: Stories from the Raymond and Patsy Nasher Collection, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, USA |
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2008 |
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For What You Are About to Receive, Gagosian Gallery, Moscow, Russia |
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2008 |
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Abstract Expressionism -- A World Elsewhere, Haunch of Venison, New York |
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2008 |
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Modernist Sculpture: The Teresa and Alvin S. Lane Collection, Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, USA |
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2008 |
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Sand: Memory, Meaning and Metaphor, The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, USA |
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2008 |
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Collecting for Chicago: Prints, Drawings, and Patronage; Five Families Build Collections of Works on Paper for the Art Institute of Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, USA |
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2008 |
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The 1930s: The Making of 'The New Man',National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada |
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2008 |
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Action/Abstraction: Pollock, De Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976, The Jewish Museum, New York, USA |
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2007 |
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Landscape: Form and Thought, Waqas Wajahat in association with Ingrao Gallery, New York, USA |
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2007 |
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Nineteen Going on Twenty: Recent Acquisitions from the Collection of The Contemporary Museum, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, USA |
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2007 |
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Art for Yale: Collecting for a New Century. Celebrating the 175th Anniversary of the Yale University Art Gallery and the Centennial of Paul Mellon's Birth, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
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2007 |
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Abstract Expressionism and Other Modern Works: The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA |
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2007 |
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Don’t Look,Contemporary Drawings from an Alumna’s Collection (Martina Yamin, Class of 1958), Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA |
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2007 |
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1937: Perfektion und Zerstörung [1937: Perfection and Destruction], Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany |
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2007 |
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Abstract Expressionist Drawings, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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2007 |
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The Luther W. Brady Collection at the Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, USA |
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2007 |
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Art Basel Miami, Miami, USA |
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2006 |
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A Centennial. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA |
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2006 |
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Personage, Gagosian Gallery, New York, USA |
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2006 |
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Seeing David Smith: Photographs by Dan Budnik, Knoedler & Company, New York, USA |
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2006 |
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Sprays, American Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich, Germany |
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2006 |
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - Fifty Years of American Art“, Grimaldi Forum Monaco, with Otto Hübner as curator for the Abstract Expressionism |
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2006 |
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Archival to Contemporary: Six Decades of the Sculptors Guild, Hillwood Art Museum, Long Island University, Brookville, New York, USA |
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2006 |
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Toward a New American Cubism, Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York, USA |
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2006 |
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New York New York: Fifty Years of Art, Architecture, Film, Music, and Video, The Grimaldi Forum, Monte Carlo, Monaco |
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2006 |
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Coming of Age: American Art, 1950s to 1950s, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts, USA |
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2006 |
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The Picasso Influence in Pollock, Rothko and Smith, Washburn Gallery, New York, USA |
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2006 |
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Surrealism: Then and Now, Paul Kasmin Gallery & Edelman Arts, Inc., New York, USA |
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2005 - 2006 |
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Ecole de New York, MAMAC Nice, France |
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2005 |
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Drawing + Sculpting, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, USA |
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2005 |
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Paintings and Drawings 1955-1958, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, USA |
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2005 |
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David Smith/Alexander Calder: Large Scale Works, Gagosian Gallery, New York, USA |
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2005 |
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Paint on Metal: Modern and Contemporary Explorations and Discoveries, Tucson Museum of Art, USA |
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2005 |
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Surrealism USA, National Academy of Design, New York, USA |
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2005 |
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Black, Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago, USA |
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2005 |
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Works on Paper, Danese Gallery, New York, USA |
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2005 |
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Salute to the 130th Anniversary of the Art Students League of New York, Joan T. Washburn Gallery, New York, USA |
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2005 |
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Continuum: Celebrating the 130th Anniversary of the Arts Students League of New York, ACA Galleries, New York, USA |
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2005 |
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École de New York: Expressionisme abstrait américaine, oeuvres sur papier [New York School: American Abstract Expressionism, Works on Paper], Musée d'art moderne et d'art contemporain, Nice, France |
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2004 - 2005 |
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Action Painting-Arte Americana 1940-1970, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena, Modena, Peggy Guggenheim Collection Venedig in cooperation with american contemporary art GALLERY |
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2004 |
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Related Clues: Drawings, Paintings and Sculpture 1931-1964, Gagosian Gallery, New York, USA |
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2004 |
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Dibujante. Entre Eros y Tánatos [David Smith: Draftsman. Between Eros and Thanatos], IVAM (Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno), Centro Julio González, Spain |
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2004 |
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Gagosian Gallery, London, UK |
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2004 |
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Gagosian Gallery, London, UK |
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2004 |
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Sculpture Monumentale Américaine [Monumental American Sculpture], Donjon de Vez, France |
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2004 |
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Bare Clay: Ceramic Nudes in 20th-Century Art, Garth Clark Gallery, New York |
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2004 |
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Forging New Visions: Teaching the Visual Arts at Sarah Lawrence College, Sarah Lawrence College, Monika A. and Charles A. Heimbold Jr. Visual Arts Center, Bronxville, New York, USA |
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2004 |
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Reuniting an Era: Abstract Expressionists of the 1950s, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL, USA |
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2004 |
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Life Understood, Hill Gallery, Birmingham, MI, USA |
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2003 |
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20th Century Sculpture, Acquavella Gallery, New York, USA |
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2003 |
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El Expresionismo Abstracto Americano en las Colecciones Españolas [American Abstract Expressionist Works in Spanish Collections], Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Esteban Vicente, Segovia, Spain |
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2003 |
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Black/White, Danese Gallery, New York |
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2003 |
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Dessins de David Smith: un choix d'Alain Kirili [Drawings by David Smith; Selected by Alain Kirili], École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Chapelle des Petits-Augins, Paris, France |
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2003 |
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A Selection from the Estate: David Smith -- Works on Paper 1952-1960, American Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich, Germany |
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2002 |
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Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA |
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2001 |
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Ink Drawings from 1957, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, USA |
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2001 |
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Jackson Pollock and David Smith: Paintings and Sculptures from the 1930s and the 1940s, Washburn Gallery, New York, USA |
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2000 |
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Two into Three Dimensions, Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College, Portland, OR, USA |
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2000 |
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David Smith on the Roof, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA |
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2000 |
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The Last Nudes, Gagosian Gallery, New York, USA |
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2000 |
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Voici, cent ans d'art contemporain, Societe des expositions du palais des beaux-arts de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium |
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2000 |
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Crossroads of American sculpture: David Smith, George Rickey, John Chamberlain, Robert Indiana, William T. Wiley, Bruce Nauman, Indianapolis Museum of Art, USA |
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1999 |
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Paintings, Sculptures and Medals, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, |
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1999 |
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The Fields of David Smith, Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY, USA |
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1998 |
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The Fields of David Smith, Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY, USA |
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1998 |
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Photographs 1931-1965, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, USA |
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1998 |
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Painted Steel: The Late Works of David Smith, Gagosian, New York, USA |
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1998 |
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La sculpture moderne au Jardin des Tuileries, Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, Paris, France |
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1998 |
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Stop Action, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, USA (cat.) |
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1997 |
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The Fields of David Smith, Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY, USA |
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1997 |
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Replacing the Shower of Sparks with the Spray of Paint, Sprays and Drawings, Hill Gallery, Birmingham, MI, USA |
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1996 |
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IVAM (Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno), Centro Julio González, Spain |
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1996 |
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Medals for Dishonor, Columbus Museum of Art, OH, USA |
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1995 |
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The Inspiration of Music, Washburn Gallery, New York, USA |
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1995 |
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To and From the Figure, Knoedler Gallery, New York, USA |
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1995 |
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David Smith in Italy, Prada MilanoArte, Milan, Italy |
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1995 |
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This Work Is My Identity, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA |
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1994 |
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Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan |
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1994 |
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Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, USA |
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1994 |
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Medals for Dishonor, 1937-1940, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, USA |
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1993 |
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Picasso and the Age of Iron, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA |
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1992 |
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Knoedler & Company, New York, USA |
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1991 |
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Medals For Dishonor, 1937-1940, Imperial War Museum, London, UK |
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1991 |
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Art of the Forties, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA |
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1990 |
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Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, USA |
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1990 |
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Nudes: Drawings and Paintings from 1927-1964, Knoedler & Company, New York, USA |
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1990 |
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The Fourth Australian Sculpture Triennial, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Bulleen, Victoria, Australia |
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1990 |
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Washburn Gallery, New York, USA |
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1989 |
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Human Concern/Personal Torment. The Grotesque in American Art Revisited, Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York |
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1988 |
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From the Southern Cross: A View of World Art c.1940-88, The Australian Biennale, Art Gallery of New South, Sydney, Australia |
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1988 |
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Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
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1988 |
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Drawings of the Fifties, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London, UK |
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1987 |
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The Prints, Pace Prints, New York, USA (cat.) |
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1987 |
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Paintings from the 1930's, Washburn Gallery, New York, USA (cat.) |
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1986 |
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Skulpturen, Zeichnungen [Sculpture and Drawings], Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany |
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1986 |
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David Smith, Die reifen Jahre, 1951-1965: Skulpturen und Zeichnungen [David Smith, the Mature Years, 1951-1965: Sculpture and Drawings], Galerie Hans Strelow, Düsseldorf |
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1986 |
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Drawings and Sculpture, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York, USA |
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1964 |
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Sculpture and Drawings,Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA (cat.) |
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1964 |
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The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY, USA |
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1964 |
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Marlborough-Gerson Gallery Inc., New York, USA |
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