Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook
SMITH, Sydney d.1944
SMITH, Sydney d.1944
Apprenticed to a picture restorer in England: studied painting and drawing. By 1888 was living in Christchurch, and exhibiting paintings and drawings. At some time, possibly after 1896, moved to Sumner and lived the life of a recluse, making painting excursions to the Arthur's Pass region and making drawings at his Sumner home. Many sketch books of his minute work exist. Exhibited with CSA 1896. Paintings 1889–96 are in Turnbull, and a portrait is in Canterbury Museum. Represented also in McDougall.