RICHARD SMITH
Sheild, 1977, strings, acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 213x114 cm
Biography
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1931
Born in Letchworth, Hertfordshire
1948-50
Studied at Luton School of Art, Luton
1950-52
Served in Royal Air Force, Hong Kong
1952-54
Studied at St. Albans School of Art
1954-57
Studied at Royal College of Art, London
1957
Awarded Royal College of Art Scholar-
ship for travel in Italy
1957-58
Taught mural decoration at Hammer-
smith College of Art, London
1959
Awarded Harkness Fellowship of Com-
monwealth Fund for travel in USA
and spent following two years in USA
1961-63
Taught at St. Martin’s School of Art,
London
1963-65
Lived and worked in New York
1964
Married Betsy Scherman
1965
Taught in Aspen, Colorado
1966
Birth of first son, Edward
Awarded Mr. and Mrs. Robert C.
Scull Award, 33rd Venice Biennale
1967
Awarded Grand Prize, IX Sao Paolo
Bienal, Brazil
Taught at University of Virginia,
Charlottesville
1968
Taught at University of California,
Irvine Campus
Moved to East Tytherton, Wiltshire
1970
Birth of second son, Harry
1975
Retrospective at Tate Gallery
1976
Awarded Order of Commander of the
British Empire
Awarded Bradford Print Biennale First
Prize
1978
Moved to New York
1988
Acquired studio in Telluride, Colorado
2002
Moved to Patchogue, New York
2004
Built studio in Patchogue
2016
Died in Patchogue
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Exhibition
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1961
Green Gallery, New York
1962
Artist’s studio, Bath Street, London
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
1963
Kasmin Gallery, London
Green Gallery, New York
1965
Green Gallery, New York
1966
Whitechapel Gallery, London
Richard Feigen Gallery, New York
Editions Alecto, London
1967
Kasmin Gallery, London
University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Richard Feigen Gallery, New York
IX Sao Paulo Bienal, Brazil
Galerie Denise René Hans Meyer, Krefeld,
West Germany
1968
Richard Feigen Gallery, New York
Jewish Museum, New York
1969
Galleria dell’ Ariete, Milan
Kasmin Gallery, London
1970
Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol
35th Venice Biennale, British
Pavilion
1971
Richard Feigen Gallery, New York
Kasmin Gallery, London
1972
Galleria dell’ Ariete, Milan
Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
Bear Lane Gallery, Oxford
Kasmin Gallery, London
1973
Ruth S. Schaffner Gallery, Santa Barbara
Garage Art, London
Waddington Galleries, London
Galerie Schottenring, Vienna
Hayward Gallery, London
1974
O.K.Harris Gallery, New York
Gallerie Swart, Amsterdam
Neue Galerie der Stadt, Linz, Austria
D.M.Gallery, London
Bernard Jacobson Ltd., London
1975
Páginas Amarillas, Museo de Arte
Contemporaneo de Caracas, Venezuela
Kettles Yard Gallery, Cambridge (travelled
to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford)
Gimpel Fils Gallery, London
Seven Exhibitions 1961-75, Tate Gallery
London
Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro
1976
Galleria Vinciana, Milan
Gimpel Fils Gallery, London
Galleria La Polena, Genoa
Galleria del Cavalllino, Venice
Kasahara Gallery, Osaka
Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogotá
1977
Arte Contacto, Caracas
Recent Work 1972-1977: Paintings, Draw-
ings and Graphics, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge (toured
the United States)
Gallerie Daniel Templon, Paris
Studio La Cittâ, Verona
Galleria La Piramide, Florence
Studio Art d’Alibert, Rome
Galerie Orny, Munich
Gimpel und Hanover, Zurich
Modulo, Porto, Portugal
1978
Galerie Artline, The Hague
Hayden Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge (traveled to the
Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia,
and the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis)
Anthony Stokes Gallery, London
Studio G7, Bologna
Padiglione d’Arte Contemporaneo, Parco
Massari, Ferrara, Italy
Galleria La Polena, Genoa
Studio Rotelli, Finale Ligure, Italy
Young Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
Galleria dell’Ariete, Milan
Galeria San Diego, Bogotá
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers,
New York
Kornblee Gallery, New York
1979
Hedendaagse Kunst Museum, Utrecht
(travelled to Museum Het Bruggenbouw,
Emmen, Netherlands)
Galerie Artline, The Hague
Galleria Il Sole, Bolzano, Italy
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Saskatoon Gallery, Saskatchewan
The Museum of Art at Washington State,
Pullman, Washington
1980
Knoedler Gallery, London
Bernard Jacobson Ltd., New York
Cartouche Series, Norman Mackenzie Art
Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
Arco Center for the Visual Arts, Los Angeles
Studio La Città, Verona
Galleria La Polena, Genoa
Neue Arbeiten, Stadtmuseum, Ulm, West
Germany
Hansen-Fuller-Goldeen Gallery, San
Francisco
1981
Richard Smith: Graphics and Multiples, Canberra
1982
KnoedlerGallery, London
1984
Knoedler Gallery, London
1987
Richard L. Feigen & Co., Chicago
1990
Knoedler Gallery, London
Richard L. Feigen & Co., Chicago
1992
Galerie Wassermann, Munich
The Green Gallery Years 1960-1963, Richard
L. Feigen & Co., New York
1994
Grey Paintings, Richard L. Feigen & Co., London
1995
Prints and Monoprints, Flowers Graphics, London
Golden West Gallery, Telluride
Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
1996
New Paintings, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London
2001
Jay Grimm Gallery, New York
Flowers Cork Street, London
Recent Paintings, Flowers Kingsland Road, London
2007
Works from the 60s, Richard L. Feigen & Co., New York
2008
Flowers KIngsland Road, London
Flowers Graphics, London
2010
Flowers, New York
2011
Richard Smith at 80, Flowers Cork Street, London
2012
Kite Paintings, Gimpel Fils, London
2013
Flowers, New York
2014
Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne
Works on Paper, Flowers Cork Street, London
2015
Kite Paintings, Flowers, New York
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2016
Krakow Witkin, Boston
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2017
Flowers, London
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2018
Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert, London
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2021
Galleria Six, Milano
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2022
Flowers Gallery, London
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