George Smith RSA 1870-1934

George Smith was born in 1870. He was educated at George Watson’s College where he was notable as an athlete. He trained as a painter at the Edinburgh School of Art (formerly the Trustees Academy) and continued in Antwerp. Upon his return to Edinburgh, he studied in the Royal Scottish Academy Life School. 

Smith’s subjects were almost all connected with the country, often finding inspiration from Stirling and the Hebrides. He was awarded a gold medal at the Antwerp International Exhibition and elected a member of the International Beaux-Arts, Paris, in 1924.