biographie de Florence Sprague SMITH (1888-?)

Birth place: Paullina, IA

Addresses: St. Louis, MO; Des Moines, IA

Profession: Sculptor

Studied: C. Mulligan; Alban Polasek, AIC; ceramics at Lewis Inst. Chicago.

Exhibited: AIC, 1930; Am. Ann., 1931; NAD, 1931; Iowa Fed. Women's Clubs Exh., 1932; Iowa Artists Club, 1932 (prize)

Member: Indep. Artists. St. Louis; Iowa AC; Des Moines FAA; College AA.

Work: portrait bust, Drake Univ. Chapel; Des Moines Water Works; Des Moines Pub. Lib.

Comments: Teaching: Drake Univ., 1920-34; Stone City Art Colony, summers 1932-33.

Sources: WW40; WW33; Ness & Orwig, Iowa Artists of the First Hundred Years, 196.