From the mid-1940s until 1979, Arthur (Art) Smith crafted jewelry in his Greenwich Village studio and shop, producing some of the most innovative and dramatic work of all the postwar …

Arthur George "Art" Smith (1917–1982) was one of the leading modernist jewelers of the mid-20th century, and one of the few Afro-Caribbean people working in the field to reach international …

Art Smith (1917–1982) was a highly acclaimed jewelry artist whose extraordinary avant-garde creations pushed the limits of modernism from 1946 to the early 70s.

Excerpted from the Brooklyn Museum’s From the Village to Vogue: The Modernist Jewelry of Art Smith show catalogue.

May 14, 2008 · This exhibition honors the gift of twenty-one pieces of silver and gold jewelry created by the Brooklyn-reared modernist jeweler Arthur Smith (1917–1982), primarily from …

Jul 16, 2015 · Art Smith, 1969. Despite Art Smith’s philosophy that jewelry was incomplete unless used to adorn the human form, fans of the modernist jeweler saw his surrealist, biomorphic …

Sep 16, 2024 · Discover the Pioneering Modern Jewelry Designs of Art Smith. The trailblazing jeweler created a highly innovative oeuvre of wearable modern art.

Apr 20, 2023 · Art Smith was an influential American jewelry designer who gained popularity in the mid-20th century for his bold and abstract designs. At his studio in Greenwich Village, …