Hobbe Smith (7 December 1862,Witmarsum – 1 May 1942,Amsterdam)[1] was a Dutch painter,watercolorist and graphic designer, in thePost-Impressionist style.
His father was a house painter and he was apprenticed to a lithographer at a young age.[citation needed] He attended theRijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, theTekenacademie (Antwerpen), and theQuellinusschool.[2]
Thanks to a wealthy patron who liked his work, he was able to receive a Royal Scholarship and studied at theRijksakademie withAugust Allebé. Later, he took classes at theRoyal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp withCharles Verlat.[3]
He painted a wide variety of subjects, including nudes, still lifes, portraits, historical scenes and seascapes, influenced byJacob Maris. In 1888, he won theWillink van Collenprijs. International fame arrived after an exhibition at thePulchri Studio in 1902. He received a gold medal from QueenWilhelmina in 1917. He was also a member ofArti et Amicitiae.[3]
Smith's work was included in the 1939 exhibition and saleOnze Kunst van Heden (Our Art of Today) at theRijksmuseum in Amsterdam.[4]
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