AW043 - Alexa JT Smith - Oil on Canvas

TITLE: San Antonio Texas Mission

COMMENTS: Rare Texas Oil Painting by Alexa Smith (Mrs. J. T. Smith) 1896-1943.      Alexa Smith moved to Texas when she was very young from Millersburg, Kentucky where she was born.  She attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas  and settled in San Antoni in 1903.  She had many instructors including   Rolla Taylor, Xavier Gonzalez, Bernhardt Wall, Harry Anthony De Young, Dawson Dawson-Watson, and Jose Arpa.  Smith exhibited her work throughout Texas.  She was part of the the San Antonio Artists Guild and the Southern States Art League.