George Smart (tailor)

"Old Bright, The Postman" by George Smart, c.1830s.
"The Goosewoman" by George Smart, c.1830s.
Label on the reverse of the Goosewoman picture by George Smart, c.1830s.

George Smart (1774-1846) was an English tailor and folk artist notable for his cloth collage portraits and felt covered dummyboards. He lived in Frant, a village in East Sussex, England. His artworks were mentioned in several guidebooks of the time that encouraged tourists to visit his shop.[1] His most notable subjects were Old Bright, the local postman and The Goosewoman.[2] The Tunbridge Wells Museum owns ten examples of his work and Compton Verney Art Gallery[3] in Warwickshire has two pictures.[4]

In the summer of 2014, twenty one artworks by George Smart were included in Tate Britain's "British Folk Art" exhibition,[5] the first time his work had been gathered together in a major gallery and in such quantity. These included all the examples of his work owned by the Tunbridge Wells Museum, Kent.[6]

Until recently he has mostly been the subject of a few paragraphs in Folk art compendiums,[7] but is now recognised as one of the key figures within the history of English Folk Art.[8] Unusually for a Folk Artist, he is the known creator of around 100 works[9]

The first monograph on Smart called, George Smart: The Tailor of Frant, Artist in Cloth & Velvet Figures was published in the UK in March 2016.[9]

Further reading

  • Christie, Jonathan (July 2015). "George Smart: his pictures remembered". Parish News: Serving the Communities of Frant, Bridge and Bells Yew Green. 100: 8–9.
  • Christie, Jonathan (2016). George Smart: The Tailor of Frant, Artist in Cloth & Velvet Figures. Unicorn Publishing. ISBN 9781910787007.
  • Gill, M. (1987). Professor of Peculiar Art, a brief account of George Smart, Tailor of Frant. Tunbridge Wells.
  • Myrone, Martin (26 May 2016). "Smart, George (1775/6–1846), tailor and textile artist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/107474. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)

References

  1. ^ [1] Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine New Guide for Tunbridge Wells, by John Colbran and edited by James Phippen, published by John Colbran, Tunbridge Wells in 1840; retrieved 11 May 2015
  2. ^ Professor of Peculiar Art, a brief account of George Smart, Tailor of Frant, Margaret Gill, Tunbridge Wells Museum, pamphlet, 1987
  3. ^ "Compton Verney - Compton Verney - A Fantastic Day Out". comptonverney.org.uk.
  4. ^ George Smart: Cat Manufacturer – Artist in Cloth and Velvet Figures, by Steven Hobbs, published 18 May 2014; retrieved 11 May 2015
  5. ^ Why did it take so long to recognise the worth of British folk art?, by Andrew Lambirth, in the Spectator, published 2 August 2014; retrieved 30 April 2015
  6. ^ Artworks from Tunbridge Wells Museum & Art Gallery have been loaned to Tate Britain, by Annabel Rusbridge-Thomas on Kent Online, published 18 July 2014; retrieved 5 May 2015
  7. ^ British Folk Art, James Ayres, Barrie & Jenkins, 1977
  8. ^ Amongst these key figures are George Smart the tailor of Frant, by Art & Collections International, retrieved 11 May 2015
  9. ^ a b George Smart: The Tailor of Frant, Artist in Cloth & Velvet Figures, page 123, Jonathan Christie, Unicorn Press, 2016.

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