About Wuanita Smith
Lived 1866 – 1959 (aged 92–93). Wuanita Smith was an American artist.
Wuanita Smith (January 1, 1866 – February 18, 1959) was an American painter, printmaker, and illustrator of children's books. Her work is held in the National Gallery of Art and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
Biography Smith was born in Philadelphia on January 1, 1866, and was the daughter of an oil refinery operator. Her woodcut print Skating is part of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art collection.
She died on February 18, 1959, in Philadelphia, at the age of 94.
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American painter, engraver, and illustrator (1866–1959)
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Wuanita Smith was born in 1866 in Philadelphia.
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Wuanita Smith died on 18 February 1959 in Philadelphia.
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