Artist

Miles Smith

born ca. 1920
Active in
  • Marine City, Michigan, United States
Biography

Miles Smith, who worked for many years as a shipwright, developed a deep affection for the wildlife of the St. Clair River in his native Michigan. He made his first duck and fish decoys for his own use, but in the late 1970s, his work attracted wider recognition and began to sell. He acknowledges that other carvers make more realistic decoys, but prefers his personal approach, which includes working on a grand scale.

Lynda Hartigan Contemporary Folk Art: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum (exhibition text, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1999)

Works by this artist (6 items)

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Hubert Morley, Science Building, Chicago Fair, 1933, etching, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chicago Society of Etchers, 1935.13.622
Science Building, Chicago Fair
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Date1933
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Hubert Morley, Wind in the Willows, n.d., etching, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chicago Society of Etchers, 1935.13.232
Wind in the Willows
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Hubert Morley, When Greek Meets Greek, 1935, etching, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chicago Society of Etchers, 1935.13.624
When Greek Meets Greek
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Date1935
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Hubert Morley, Twilight Reverie, n.d., etching, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chicago Society of Etchers, 1935.13.233
Twilight Reverie
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