Oeuvre impressioniste. Tramway à Bordeaux, tableau français signé et daté 1891, Circa 1900
Alfred Smith  

Painting : oil · 54 x 75 x 7 cm 21.3 x 29.5 x 2.8 inch · Ready to hang

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54 x 75 x 7 cm 21.3 x 29.5 x 2.8 inch Height x Width x Depth

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70 x 90 x 8 cm 27.6 x 35.4 x 3.1 inch

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Conditions:  Good overall condition, original canvas frame.  Minor retouching under UV light.

André Alfred Smith de Sternburg was born in Bordeaux on July 30, 1854. His father was Welsh, naturalized as a French citizen, and his mother was the daughter of the notary in Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde. In 1869, his father left the family home to seek his fortune in the United States. At the age of 15, Alfred and his older brother Emmanuel became the family's breadwinners. Alfred worked in a bank as a stockbroker's assistant, but he aspired to be an artist, dedicating all his free time to painting.

In 1877, he exhibited his paintings for the first time at the Salon of the Society of Friends of the Arts in Bordeaux, where the catalog indicated that his mentor was Hippolyte Pradelles. He remained loyal to this salon, exhibiting at least one painting each year until his death in 1936.
In 1880, Smith participated in the Salon de Paris, receiving an honorable mention, and attended Léonce Chabry's studio. He also became a professor at the École des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux.

In 1883, his painting *Le Quai de Bacalan, le Soir* was exhibited at the Salon de Paris, and he entered Amédée Baudit's studio.
In 1886, the painter Alfred Roll noticed him and helped promote his artistic work. The two became friends, and Alfred Smith served as Roll's executor after his death in 1919.
Between 1884 and 1890, Smith began to gain recognition, receiving medals at salons in Versailles, Nice, and among French artists, as well as at the Exposition Universelle in Paris. In 1886, he was able to leave his job as his painting began to support him.
In 1888, he won an award at the Salon de Paris. That same year, he painted *La Place de la Concorde Sous La Pluie* (The Downpour), and in 1889, he received a bronze medal at the Salon de Paris. He would later win another bronze medal at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1900.

In 1894, he was named a knight of the Légion d'honneur.
On December 7, 1899, Alfred Smith married Catherine Philippine Poix in Lyon, and in 1901, the couple moved to Paris.
In 1912, thanks to his friends Paul Madeline and Eugène Alluaud, Alfred Smith discovered the Creuse Valley. Captivated by the landscapes, his style changed again, evolving toward Fauvism. He continued to paint the surroundings of Crozant until his death, becoming one of the representatives of the Crozant School.
Catherine, his wife, passed away in September 1935, and Alfred Smith died in Paris on November 3, 1936. He was buried in Lyon alongside his wife.

Works of Alfred Smith
Alfred Smith adopted various styles throughout his career. He was initially known for his mastery of atmospheric effects in his paintings of Bordeaux, which were executed in his studio. Conversely, some of his works were painted en plein air, earning him the nickname "the painter of undergrowth."

After a visit to Venice, he adopted a more impressionistic style, and from 1912 onward, he evolved toward Fauvism.

Alfred Smith, Oeuvre impressioniste. Tramway à Bordeaux, tableau français signé et daté 1891

Alfred Smith

France  • 1854  - 1936

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Alfred Smith (1854–1936) was a French painter of English origin, born in Bordeaux. Renowned during his lifetime, Smith distinguished himself as a master of atmospheric landscapes, gardens, and cityscapes, painting in a style that blended Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, and early Fauvism. Some of his works evoke the early paintings of Claude Monet, particularly in their delicate treatment of light and color.

As reported by the newspaper La Vie Bordelaise, each of his solo exhibitions at the Imberti brothers' gallery in the late 19th century attracted the entire social, elegant, and artistic elite of Bordeaux. Trained by the local landscape painters Léonce Chabry and Hippolyte Pradelles, Smith belonged to a circle of artists inspired by Gustave Courbet and Camille Corot. He later furthered his training under Amédée Baudit (1884) and benefited from the support of the distinguished painter Alfred Philippe Roll, who helped promote his work.

Smith exhibited for the first time at the Paris Salon in 1880, where he received an honorable mention, and continued to show his work regularly in France, notably in 1883 with The Quai de Bacalan in the Evening. In the 1880s, he became the leading figure of the Bordeaux School, succeeding Louis Auguin, although he did not devote himself fully to painting until 1886.
In 1901, he settled in Paris, where he became a member of the Salon des Artistes Français and participated, alongside Alfred Roll, in the creation of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. Smith's work was recognized with numerous awards: a third-class medal at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1888, a bronze medal in 1889, and the distinction of Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1894. He also won a bronze medal at the 1900 Exposition Universelle.

Smith is admired for his poetic evocations of forests, gardens, and cityscapes, rendered with a subtle and nuanced palette. His subjects included Bordeaux, Paris, and Venice, before he discovered the Creuse Valley, whose landscapes inspired a brighter and more expressive palette. These works often place him alongside the Crozant School, a group of artists drawn to the region's natural beauty.

His works are featured in important public collections. Among the most notable are: The Quays of Bordeaux, Evening (1892), acquired by the city and kept at the Museum of Fine Arts of Bordeaux, Undergrowth (1891), Summer Harmony (1911) and Portrait of the Artist's Mother at the Musée d'Orsay, as well as Luncheon Under the Woods (1903) at the Telfair Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia.

Alfred Smith died in Paris in 1936, leaving behind a body of work celebrated for its lyricism, refined color harmonies, and enduring sensitivity to landscape.

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