# Clarice Smith
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{{Short description|American painter (1933–2021)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Clarice Smith
| image = Photo of Clarice Smith.jpg
| caption = Smith in 1996
| birth_date = {{birth date|1933|01|16}}
| birth_place = Washington D.C.
| birth_name = Clarice Chasen
| other_names =
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|12|09|1933|01|16}}
| death_place = Arlington, Virginia
| death_cause =
| nationality =
| education = Corcoran School of the Arts and Design MFA in 1979 from George Washington University
| occupation = Painter
| known_for =
| children = Michelle Smith
[David Bruce Smith](/source/David_Bruce_Smith)
Stephen Smith (predeceased)
| spouse = [Robert H. Smith](/source/Robert_H._Smith_(philanthropist))
| parents =
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| website =
}}
'''Clarice Smith''' (January 16, 1933{{sndash}}December 9, 2021) was an American painter and portraitist whose paintings have appeared in a number of exhibitions in the United States and Europe. With her husband, [Robert H. Smith](/source/Robert_H._Smith_(philanthropist)), Clarice Smith engaged in philanthropy, especially at the [University of Maryland](/source/University_of_Maryland%2C_College_Park), where the [Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center](/source/Clarice_Smith_Performing_Arts_Center) is named for her, and at [George Washington University](/source/George_Washington_University), where the couple endowed the Smith Hall of Art. They also initiated a distinguished lecture series at the [Smithsonian Museum of American Art](/source/Smithsonian_Museum_of_American_Art).[{{Cite web|url=https://americanart.si.edu/videos/clarice-smith-lecture|title=Clarice Smith Distinguished Lecture Series Videos|website=Smithsonian American Art Museum|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-13}}]
== Education ==
Born Clarice Chasen to a [Jewish](/source/American_Jews) family on January 16, 1933 in [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.),[{{cite news|last=Schudel|first=Matt|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2021/12/16/artist-philanthropist-clarice-smith-dies/|title=Clarice Smith, artist and D.C. philanthropist, dies at 88|date=December 16, 2021|newspaper=[The Washington Post](/source/The_Washington_Post)|access-date=April 6, 2023}}][{{Cite web|url=https://dcjewishstyle.wordpress.com/2010/09/08/painter-and-philanthropist/|title=Painter and Philanthropist: Clarice Smith's Works to be Shown at Cosmos Club|date=September 8, 2010|publisher=DC Jewish Style|access-date=2019-03-13}}] Smith studied art at the [Corcoran School of the Arts and Design](/source/Corcoran_School_of_the_Arts_and_Design) and the University of Maryland. She received her MFA in 1979 from George Washington University, where she taught as a member of faculty from 1980 to 1987.[{{Cite web|url=https://nmwa.org/press-room/press-releases/classic-beauty-blooms-canvas-elements-nature-equines-and-still-lifes|title=Classic Beauty Blooms on Canvas in Elements of Nature: Equines and Still Lifes by Clarice Smith at NMWA {{!}} National Museum of Women in the Arts|website=nmwa.org|language=en|access-date=2017-03-28}}][{{Cite web|url=http://www2.gwu.edu/~magazine/archive/2007_fall/docs/alumni_events.html|title=GW Magazine|website=www2.gwu.edu|access-date=2019-03-13}}] Smith, who described herself as a "lifelong learner," cited a "Methods and Materials" class at George Washington University, "where she first learned about paints," as the beginning of her career as an artist.[{{Cite news|url=http://theclarice.umd.edu/clarice-smith-artist-and-partner|title=Clarice Smith, Artist and Partner {{!}} The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center|work=The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center|access-date=2017-03-28|language=en}} Excerpt from video interview 02:00 to 02:18.] In 2012 she received an honorary doctorate from George Washington University, and in 2015 was awarded a Doctorate of Humane Letters from the University of Maryland.[{{Citation|last=discovergw|title=GW Commencement 2012: Clarice Smith|date=2012-05-21|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lyEhNY4pSU|access-date=2017-03-28}}][{{Cite web|url=http://claricesmith.com/about/|title=About {{!}} Clarice Smith|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-03-13}}]
== Career ==
Smith worked as a professional painter for forty years, and exhibited in group and solo exhibitions in both the United States and abroad, in the United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Israel.[{{Cite web|url=https://wsimag.com/art/6432-clarice-smith-recollections-in-a-life-in-art|title=Clarice Smith. Recollections in a Life in Art|date=2013-12-06|website=Wall Street International|language=en|access-date=2019-03-13}}] Among her most notable exhibitions are those at the [National Museum of Women in the Arts](/source/National_Museum_of_Women_in_the_Arts) (2009),[{{Cite web|url=http://artdaily.com/news/33747/Classic-Beauty-Blooms-on-Canvas-in-Elements-of-Nature--Equines-and-Still-Lifes-by-Clarice-Smith-at-NMWA#.WNqd3aK1vIU|title=Classic Beauty Blooms on Canvas in Elements of Nature: Equines and Still Lifes by Clarice Smith at NMWA|last=Villarreal|first=Ignacio|website=artdaily.com|language=en|access-date=2017-03-28}}] [Virginia Museum of Fine Arts](/source/Virginia_Museum_of_Fine_Arts) (2011),[{{Cite web|url=https://vmfa.museum/exhibitions/exhibitions/nature-reined-paintings-clarice-smith/|title=Nature Reined: The Paintings of Clarice Smith|website=vmfa.museum|date=28 October 2013 |language=en-US|access-date=2017-03-28}}] and the [New York Historical Society](/source/New-York_Historical_Society) (2013).[{{Cite web|url=http://artdaily.com/news/67296/-Clarice-Smith--Recollections-of-a-Life-in-Art--on-display-at-the-New-York-Historical-Society#.WNqT4qK1vIV|title="Clarice Smith: Recollections of a Life in Art" on display at the New-York Historical Society|last=Villarreal|first=Ignacio|website=artdaily.com|language=en|access-date=2017-03-28}}][{{Cite news|url=http://wsimag.com/art/6432-clarice-smith-recollections-in-a-life-in-art|title=Clarice Smith. Recollections in a Life in Art|date=2013-12-06|work=Wall Street International|access-date=2017-03-28|language=en-US}}] In 2016 her work was paired with that of the sculptor [Albert Paley](/source/Albert_Paley) for an exhibition at the [Kreeger Museum](/source/Kreeger_Museum) in Washington, DC.[{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/museums/a-painters-unbridled-hand-matches-a-sculptors-experiment-with-twisting-steel/2016/12/08/017d33fc-b7e8-11e6-a677-b608fbb3aaf6_story.html|title=A painter's unbridled hand matches a sculptor's experiment with twisting steel|last=Jenkins|first=Mark|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2019-03-13}}] Her painting ''Big Race'' (2001) is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.[{{Cite web|url=http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=71802|title=Big Race by Clarice Smith / American Art|website=americanart.si.edu|access-date=2017-03-28}}]
She also published several written works along with her son [David Bruce Smith](/source/David_Bruce_Smith). They include ''Afternoon Tea with Mom'', a collection of her paintings; ''Three Miles from Providence,'' historical fiction about [Abraham Lincoln](/source/Abraham_Lincoln); ''Continuum'', a collection of Venetian paintings for the National Museum for Women in the Arts; and ''Tennessee,'' a collection of unpublished [Tennessee Williams](/source/Tennessee_Williams) plays.[{{Cite web|url=https://trulyamazingwomen.com/the-women/clarice-smith/|title=Fine Artist Clarice Smith « Truly Amazing Women|access-date=2019-11-01}}]
==Death==
Smith died at her home in [Arlington, Virginia](/source/Arlington%2C_Virginia) on December 9, 2021.