Smith, Francis Drexel (1874-1956)

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Birth Date

1874-01-11

Death Date

1956

Birthplace

Chicago, IL

Biographical Text

Francis Drexel Smith was the brother of Mary Rozet Smith. He was an artist, who studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Broadmoor Art Academy. He was known for his landscape paintings that featured locations in Colorado and city-scapes. Smith was deeply involved in the art scene in Colorado and served as a trustee of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. His art can be seen at Kansas City Art Institute, Denver Art Museum, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Dubuque Art Association, Art Institute of Chicago, and other museums.

Smith married Charlotte Sedgwick Silsbee in 1900, divorcing in 1912. They had one son, Lyman Silsbee Smith. He married Edith Farnsworth in 1914. Smith died in 1956.

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Artist

Painter

Source

1923 photograph from U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925.

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Hajo, Cathy Moran

Lichon, Sara Catherine

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Rightsholder being researched

Gender

Male

First appears

1901

Bibliography and Links

Chicago Girl Wins Divorce, Chicago Tribune, July 21, 1912, p. 3.

Find A Grave

Francis Drexel Smith, U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925

Francis Drexel Smith, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

SNAC

Stan Cuba, Denver Artists Guild: Its Founding Members; an Illustrated History (2015)

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“Smith, Francis Drexel (1874-1956),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed July 27, 2024, https://digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/960.

Smith, Francis Drexel (1874-1956)

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Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, May 15, 1901

Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith July 19, 1901

Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, August 7, 1904

Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, August 9, 1904

Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, September 14, 1908

List of Hull-House Donors, March 18, 1910

Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, April 26, 1910

Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, May 16, 1910

Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, February 21, 1912

Jane Addams to Martha Ellen French, June 19, 1916

Alice Hamilton to Mary Rozet Smith, June 8, 1919

Jane Addams to Dorothy North, March 18, 1922

Jane Addams to Stanley Ross Linn, March 25, 1922

Jane Addams to Anita McCormick Blaine, ca. April 8, 1925

Jane Addams to Ida Campbell Mott-Smith Lovett, April 9, 1925

Jane Addams to Myra Reynolds Linn, April 10, 1925

Jane Addams to Hannah Clothier Hull, April 10, 1925

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