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Solitary Pine Tree Along the River Bank, ca. 1880 Oil on canvas; 18 x 13 in. Louisiana State Museum 104 CIVIL WAR THROUGH THE NEW CENTURY MARSHALL JOSEPH SMITH, JR. b. 1854, Norfolk, Virginia d. 1923, Covington, Louisiana Often misidentified as a New Orleans native, Norfolk, Virginia-born Marshall Joseph Smith, Jr., arrived in the city as a child after the Civil War in 1866, where he received his first art lessons from Adolphe Jacquet. Four years later, Smith became an understudy of leading Louisiana landscape artist Richard Clague, who instilled in Smith a keen observation and appreciation of the region’s Spanish moss-draped swamps, shanties, and fishermen that mark Smith’s best works. Following Clague’s 1878 death, Smith journeyed through Europe, studying in Rome and other artistic hubs, an influence revealed in his signature veils of subtle color that convey atmosphere. Upon his return, Smith began to utilize his palette knife and minute brushstrokes to capture decay in a South ruined by war. LEH  http://www.knowla.org/entry.php?rec=1359 http://www.knowla.org/entry.php?rec=1359

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