David Smith Anthony Caro e.e. cummings Eric Gill

American, 1906 - 1965. David Smith is judged to be his country's most important sculptor, pioneering a separate movement in American sculpture before his untimely death at the age of 59. Until he turned to sculpture in the 1930's, Smith considered himself a painter, & his drawings are among the finest products of New York School Abstract Expressionist draughtmanship. [more]