SMITH RARE VINTAGE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY OUTSIDER FOLK ART ORIGINAL FRAMED MIXED MEDIA SIGNED PAINTING IS AN INCREDIBLY SPECIAL AND UNIQUE PIECE TO ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION. THE ORIGINAL ONE OF A KIND MIXED MEDIA PAINTING ON BOARD IS CREATED BY THE AMERICAN FOLK ARTIST ROBERT E. SMITH IN THE LATE 20TH CENTURY. ROBERT EUGENE SMITH (1927 – 2010) IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED OUTSIDER FOLK ARTIST. ROBERT WAS SELF TAUGHT, TAKING INSPIRATION FROM COLORING BOOKS, PHOTOS, HISTORY, NEWS STORIES AND HIS OWN EXPERIENCES. THE PAINTINGS OVERFLOW WITH COLOR, HUMOR AND INCIDENT, REPRESENTING A TRIUMPH OF IMAGINATION OVER A STRENUOUS AND DIFFICULT LIFE. THE WORK OF AN INVENTIVE STORY TELLER, HIS ART WORKS PRESENT WITTY, SAVY, COMPLEX VISUAL NARRATIVES. SMITH’S HIGHLY INDIVIDUAL PAINTINGS REVEL IN SATIRE, REVEALING AND EYE FOR INCONGRUITY AND AN INHERENT LOVE FOR LIFE. ROBERT WAS ALSO A PROLIFIC WRITER, PRODUCING MANY SELF PUBLISHED VOLUMES OF POETRY AND SEMI AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STORIES. THOUGH HE DIDN’T DRIVE, HE TRAVELED COAST TO COAST BY GREYHOUND BUS. HE CARRIED A CAMERA EVERYWHERE, TO RECORD SCENES AND FACES FOR HIS PAINTINGS. SMITH’S ARTWORKS HAVE BEEN FEATURED AT NEW YORK CITY’S PRESTIGIOUS MUSEUM OF AMERICAN FOLK ART, AND HAVE BEEN GALLERY EXHIBITED NATIONWIDE. ART WORKS BY SMITH ARE INCLUDED IN THE DISTINGUISHED MUSEUM OF AMERICAN FOLK ART ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICAN FOLK ART. THE RARE VINTAGE ONE OF A KIND ORIGINAL FRAMED MIXED MEDIA PAINTING MEASURES 19″ W X 14 3/4″ H X 1 1/2 D. IT IS FRAMED BY THE ARTIST IN A DARK WALNUT STAINED, GOLD TONE METAL TRIM DETAILED, WOOD FRAME MOLDING. PLEASE SEE PHOTOS FOR CONDITION REFERENCE. IT IS NOW BEING OFFERED HERE FOR AN EXCELLENT PRICE. The item “ROBERT E. SMITH RARE VINTAGE 20TH C. OUTSIDER FOLK ART ORIGINAL FRAMED PAINTING” is in sale since Monday, November 11, 2019. This item is in the category “Art\Paintings”. The seller is “mrgreatjones” and is located in Leawood, Kansas. This item can be shipped to United States, Philippines, Cayman islands, Canada.

• Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
• Region of Origin: US
• Artist: ROBERT E. SMITH
• Style: Outsider Art
• Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
• Quantity Type: Single-Piece Work
• Painting Surface: BOARD
• Medium: MIXED MEDIA
• Date of Creation: 1990-1999
• Features: RARE ONE OF A KIND
• Width (Inches): 19″
• Color: Multi-Color
• Subject: Figures
• Originality: Original
• Height (Inches): 14 3/4″