Gordon Appelbe Smith

Gordon Appelbe Smith (born June 18, 1919) is a key figure in contemporary Canadian art. He has worked continuously to expand the dialogue between abstraction and representation, working with mediums such as painting, printmaking, and sculpting. Smith taught with contemporaries Bruno Bobak, B.C. Binning and Jack Shadbolt at the Vancouver School of Art (now Emily Carr University of Art and Design) for ten years, then for twenty-six years at the University of British Columbia before retiring in 1982 to paint full-time.