Gordon Appelbe Smith

Art Brokerage: Gordon Appelbe Smith Canadian Artist: b. 1919. Gordon Smith is an expressionist and geometric abstract painter, muralist and sculptor who was born in Hove, England and has lived in Canada since 1933; first in Winnipeg, and since 1940 in Vancouver. His mediums include oil, acrylic, watercolour, pencil, silkscreen, etching and mix mediums. His subjects include landscape, cityscape and pure abstract. As stated his styles are abstract expressionist, geometric abstract, cubist, realist and expressionist. He studied at the Winnipeg School of Art, under Lemoine Fitzgerald, and the Vancouver School of Art, graduating in 1946. He also taught at the Vancouver School of Art and was a Professor at the University of British Columbia from 1956 until his retirement (from teaching) in 1982. His travels include, the USA, Europe, South America, Japan and Egypt. It should also be noted he served in combat in World War II (1940 - 44) and still limps from wounds he received in Italy. Listings wanted.