Painting by William Smith, the Armless Artist

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ProvenancePainted by William Smith, known as the Armless Artist, who resided at the Destitute Asylum in 1904. It was donated by Pat Phillips in 2019.SignificanceThis painting is one of several by William Smith, known as the Armless Artist, collected by the Migration Museum, William Smith was a resident of the Destitute Asylum in 1904, as a teenager, and he left to take art lessons with James Ashton. He then had a successful career painting small pictures and larger commissions. He died age 40, in 1927.

This piece provides connections to the history of the Migration Museum site/old Destitute Asylum, as well as South Australian representations of and responses to disability.DescriptionThis is a large painting of a wooded scene in a wooden frame. The lower left of the painting is inscribed with the signature, 'THE ARMLESS ARTIST'.Creator (person)William SmithCreator (organisation) Acknowledgement KeywordsLGBTIQDate of Creation1910-1930Date of UsageMaterialWood - unspecified
|Art medium - pigment, unspecified
|Art medium - board
DimensionType: Width
Width: 620
Unit (Lengths): mm
|Type: height
Height: 780
Unit (Lengths): mm
|Type: depth
Depth: 45
Unit (Lengths): mm
Accession NumberHT 2019.0001

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Painting by William Smith, the Armless Artist