Smith, George Washington, 1876-1930

Biographical Note

Born in Pennsylvania in 1876, George Washington Smith was the son of a respected civil engineer for Southern Pacific Railroad Atlantic and Pacific Railway. He began his education with the study of art and painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of fine arts, and later attended Harvard University where he studied architecture. He began his career as a draftsman with Newman, Woodman and Harris, but soon after, took a position with the Francis R. Welsh bond company where he made enough money to retire to a life of painting by 1912.

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