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*''Born: [[1863]], Pawtucket, RI''
*''Died: 1950, Dublin, NH''
Joseph Lindon Smith was a painter and instructor at the School of the [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]], known for his paintings of Egyptian and Japanese subjects. A close friend of [[Isabella Stewart Gardner]], he often advised Mrs. Gardner on acquisitions of artworks for her collection; thirty-nine of his works are today in [[Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum|the museum she established]].<ref>Twenty-four of these depict Egyptian subjects.</ref>
Born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, in [[1863]], Smith studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston before becoming an instructor there in [[1887]]. After leaving the School in [[1891]], he traveled to Egypt in [[1898]], where he painted numerous scenes and artifacts, and to Japan in [[1900]]. One of his Japan paintings, entitled "The Apartments of the Chief Priest, Kyoto," depicts the interior of the ''dai-hôjô'' (abbot's quarters) at [[Chion-in]], a 17th century structure which is not extant today. At that time, the temple provided lodgings for interested foreigners; Smith may have stayed there for a time.
Having attracted the attention of archaeologists interested in his ability to paint highly accurate and realistic depictions of archaeological finds, he traveled again to Egypt in [[1904]], this time alongside expeditions jointly organized & sponsored by the Museum of Fine Arts and [[Harvard University]].
Smith was granted the title of Honorary Curator of Egyptian Art in 1927, a title he kept until his death in 1950.
==References==
*Philip Hendy. ''Catalogue of European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum''. [[Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum]], 1974.
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*''Died: 1950, Dublin, NH''
Joseph Lindon Smith was a painter and instructor at the School of the [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]], known for his paintings of Egyptian and Japanese subjects. A close friend of [[Isabella Stewart Gardner]], he often advised Mrs. Gardner on acquisitions of artworks for her collection; thirty-nine of his works are today in [[Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum|the museum she established]].<ref>Twenty-four of these depict Egyptian subjects.</ref>
Born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, in [[1863]], Smith studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston before becoming an instructor there in [[1887]]. After leaving the School in [[1891]], he traveled to Egypt in [[1898]], where he painted numerous scenes and artifacts, and to Japan in [[1900]]. One of his Japan paintings, entitled "The Apartments of the Chief Priest, Kyoto," depicts the interior of the ''dai-hôjô'' (abbot's quarters) at [[Chion-in]], a 17th century structure which is not extant today. At that time, the temple provided lodgings for interested foreigners; Smith may have stayed there for a time.
Having attracted the attention of archaeologists interested in his ability to paint highly accurate and realistic depictions of archaeological finds, he traveled again to Egypt in [[1904]], this time alongside expeditions jointly organized & sponsored by the Museum of Fine Arts and [[Harvard University]].
Smith was granted the title of Honorary Curator of Egyptian Art in 1927, a title he kept until his death in 1950.
==References==
*Philip Hendy. ''Catalogue of European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum''. [[Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum]], 1974.
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
[[Category:Foreigners]]