Hobbe Smith

Hobbe Smith studied at Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten. Training under August Allebé is recorded. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Works named in the authority record are Portrait of a lady and Putti playing with flowers near a pond. Work by Hobbe Smith is recorded in the collections of Amsterdam Museum, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Stadsmuseum Doetinchem and National Museum Paleis het Loo. Distinctions recorded are Royal Prize for Painting and Royal medal made available by queen Wilhelmina.

His father was a house painter and he was apprenticed to a lithographer at a young age. He attended the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, the Tekenacademie (Antwerpen), and the Quellinusschool. Thanks to a wealthy patron who liked his work, he was able to receive a Royal Scholarship and studied at the Rijksakademie with August Allebé. Later, he took classes at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp with Charles Verlat. He painted a wide variety of subjects, including nudes, still lifes, portraits, historical scenes and seascapes, influenced by Jacob Maris. In 1888, he won the Willink van Collenprijs. International fame arrived after an exhibition at the Pulchri Studio in 1902. He received a gold medal from Queen Wilhelmina in 1917. He was also a member of Arti et Amicitiae. Smith's work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. • Illustration — Odalisque • Illustration — Nude • Illustration — Bathing Nymphs • Illustration — Windmill • Illustration — Portrait with Floral Wreath