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\f0\i\fs24 \cf0 Etude r\'e9alis\'e9e dans le cadre de l'histoire des habitants du 38 rue Ramey Paris 18\'e8me\
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\f1\i0 \cf0 El\'e8ve de MM. Boulanger et Lefebvre\
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Mentionn\'e9 dans Explication des ouvrages de peinture et dessins, sculpture, architecture et gravure des artistes vivants 1886\
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biographie de De Cost SMITH (1864-1939)\
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\cf0 Birth place: Skaneateles, NY\
Death place: Amenia, NY.\
Addresses: Paris, 1887; NYC, 1888-1901; Amenia, NY\
Profession: Painter, illustrator, writer\
Studied: McMullin School, NYC; ASL; Acad\'e9mie Julian, Paris with Boulanger and Lefebvre, 1878-82\
Exhibited: Paris Salon, 1886; NAD, 1887-1900; PAFA Ann., 1887-92, 1901; Boston AC, 1905, 1908; AIC\
Member: American Ethnological Soc.; SC, 1891.\
Work: AMNH; Mus. Am. Indian.\
Comments: Raised near the Onondaga Indian Reservation in New York State, he took his first of many trips West in 1884 to the Dakota Territory. Co-author/illustrator (with E.W. Deming): Sketching Among the Sioux," 1893; "Sketching Among the Crow Indians," 1894 (both articles for Outing Magazine); author: "With Gun and Palette Among the Red Skins," 1895 (illus. by Remington). He also worked as an illustrator for national magazines such as Century. His autobiography was entitled Indian Experiences (1943).\
Sources: WW31; P&H Samuels, 449; Fink, American Art at the Nineteenth-Century Paris Salons, 391; 300 Years of American Art, 581; Falk, Exh. Record Series.\
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\cf2 \cb3 DeCost Smith, also written De Cost Smith, (1864 - 1939) was a painter, illustrator and writer in the United States who depicted scenes of native peoples and chronicled some of their activities. His collection of artifacts became part of the {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Museum_of_Natural_History"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 American Museum of Natural History}} and {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smithsonian"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 Smithsonian}} collections.\cf4 \super {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_University"}}{\fldrslt \nosupersub Cornell University}}\cf2 \nosupersub has a collection of his papers and other materials.\cb1 \
\cb3 Smith was born in {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skaneateles_(town),_New_York"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 Skaneateles}} in Western {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_(state)"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 New York}} state in 1864 to E. Reuel Smith (E.R) and Elizabeth DeCost. His father inherited the {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuel_E._Smith_House"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 Reuel E. Smith House}}. The home was not far from the {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onondaga_people"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 Onondaga}} tribe reservation.\cb1 \
\cb3 DeCost traveled west with his brother Leslie Smith in 1884. He studied in Paris in 1885. He also later exhibited his work "Conflicting Faiths there in 1889. It is now exhibited at the Skaneateles Library.\cb1 \
\cb3 He worked with fellow artists {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Deming"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 Edwin Deming}} and {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Remington"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 FredericRemington}}. Smith collected artifacts from the Sioux, Crow, and Onondaga Indians. He also wrote about the tribes and the encroachment they were experiencing. He served with the {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Indian_Affairs"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 Bureau of Indian Affairs}} under various administrations including {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 Theodore Roosevelt}}'s. He met {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitting_Bull"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 Sitting Bull}}, {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tendoi"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 Tendoi}}, {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain-in-the-Face"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 Rain-in-the-Face}} and other tribal leaders.\cf4 \super \cf2 \nosupersub Smith wrote two books about his expeditions and experiences.\cb1 \
\cb3 Smith died in {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amenia,_New_York"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 Amenia, New York}} in 1939. He is buried there with his wife Elizabeth Mills Smith, who died in 1930. They never had children.\cf0 \cb1\
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\cf5 \cb6 DeCost Smith, widely known painter of American Indian life, died at his home near Perry's Corners last Thursday after a brief illness. He had lived in Amenia for a number of years, since his retirement from active governmental work among Indian villages throughout the country. He was 75 years old. He was born Feb 1, 1864 in Skaneateles, NY, son of Edmund R & Elizabeth Mills Smith. He studied art in New York City and in Europe, and became interested in the American Indians while still in his youth. He served on Indian commissions under several presidential administrations, and spent many years living on reservations. He was honored many times for his paintings, which embodied a graphic and colorful style. He came to Amenia about 10 years ago. Since his retirement, he had been engaged in research for various historical societies. His spacious studio, in the north part of the house, was a veritable museum of Indian relics, original paintings, and curios. Survived by two brothers, Burnett and Sedgwick Smith of Skaneateles, and a niece, Elizabeth C Sawtell, Sharon, Conn. His wife died in 1930.\cb1 \uc0\u8232 \cb6 Harlem Valley Times, 14 Dec 1939\
DeCost Smith, peintre bien connu de la vie des Indiens d'Am\'e9rique, est d\'e9c\'e9d\'e9 jeudi dernier \'e0 son domicile pr\'e8s de Perry's Corners des suites d'une br\'e8ve maladie. Il avait v\'e9cu \'e0 Amenia pendant un certain nombre d'ann\'e9es, depuis sa retraite du travail gouvernemental actif parmi les villages indiens \'e0 travers le pays. Il avait 75 ans. Il est n\'e9 le 1er f\'e9vrier 1864 \'e0 Skaneateles, NY, fils d'Edmund R & Elizabeth Mills Smith. Il a \'e9tudi\'e9 l'art \'e0New York et en Europe, et s'est int\'e9ress\'e9 aux Indiens d'Am\'e9rique alors qu'il \'e9tait encore jeune. Il a si\'e9g\'e9 aux commissions indiennes sous plusieurs administrations pr\'e9sidentielles et a pass\'e9 de nombreuses ann\'e9es \'e0 vivre dans des r\'e9serves. Il a \'e9t\'e9 maintes fois honor\'e9 pour ses peintures, qui incarnaient un style graphique et color\'e9. Il est arriv\'e9 \'e0 Amenia il y a environ 10 ans. Depuis sa retraite, il s'\'e9tait engag\'e9 dans des recherchespour diverses soci\'e9t\'e9s historiques. Son atelier spacieux, dans la partie nord de la maison, \'e9tait un v\'e9ritable mus\'e9e de reliques indiennes, de peintures originales et de bibelots. Lui survivent deux fr\'e8res, Burnett et Sedgwick Smith de Skaneateles, et une ni\'e8ce, Elizabeth C Sawtell, Sharon, Connecticut. Sa femme est d\'e9c\'e9d\'e9e en 1930.\
Harlem Valley Times, 14 d\'e9cembre 1939\
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\cf0 \cb1 One of E. R.'s sons\'a0inherited his father's gifts with both words and picture making.\
DeCost Smith lived in Paris and New York City, and explored the American West numerous times, among the Indians. In 1890 he travelled with artist {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://www.askart.com/artist/Edwin_Willard_Deming/7521/Edwin_Willard_Deming.aspx"}}{\fldrslt \ul Edwin Deming}}, capturing Native American culture on canvas, even as it faded from history. He\'a0amassed a collection of important artifacts from the Souix,\'a0Crow,\'a0Onondaga Indians, and more importantly, first-hand accounts of their tribes\'a0and tribulations\'a0as\'a0the\'a0New\'a0World\'a0\uc0\u8232 expanded. He\'a0served on the Bureau of Indian Affairs under President Theodore\'a0Roosevelt and others. Having met Sitting Bull, Rain-in-the-Face and many other legendary Indians, he penned two books on his expeditions.\
DeCost Smith claimed in his autobiography {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://kihm6.wordpress.com/2012/06/21/only-a-violet/"}}{\fldrslt \ul Red Indian Experiences }}to have\'a0become smitten with Native Americans when, as a youngster, an OnondagaIndian with her papoose\'a0came knocking at the back door of 28 West Lake Street.\
His other book, {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/decost-smith/martyrs-of-the-oblong-and-little-nine/"}}{\fldrslt \ul Martyrs of the Oblong and the Little Nine}}, is known as the true story of the "Last of theMohicans."\'a0\
His writing,\'a0painting and collections\'a0documented the fast-disappearing culture as the West was "won". His painting "Conflicting Faiths" was exhibited at the Universal Exposition in Paris in 1889.\'a0Smith donated that to the Skaneateles Library in 1907, where it can be seen today. A contemporary and collaborator of famed Western\'a0artist {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://www.frederic-remington.org/"}}{\fldrslt \ul Frederic\'a0Remington}}, (who, interestingly, also lived in an {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Remington"}}{\fldrslt \ul A. J. Davis\'a0Gothic\'a0Revival Cottage in New Rochelle New York}},)\'a0DeCost's paintings have found a\'a0devoted collector's market. His collection of Indian artifacts became part of the {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://www.nmai.si.edu/searchcollections/results.aspx?partyid=3893&src=1-2"}}{\fldrslt \ul Smithsonian}}.\'a0\'a0\
Some DeCost Smith works, discovered by collector Jonathan Holstein,\'a0can be seen {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://fourscore.smugmug.com/Art/DeCost-Smith-3/n-z94Xtt/"}}{\fldrslt \ul here}}.\'a0Smith's correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, notebooks, brochures, manuscripts, maps, paintings, and sketches are {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/RMM09174.html"}}{\fldrslt \ul archived at Cornell University}}.\
The hand written journal of his 1907 trip, (pictured at right,) can be found\'a0in\'a0The Amenia Free Library, with two seldom seen paintings and a rare etching of three musicians, created for a collaborative work with his father "Ramblings About Town."\
DeCost Smith died in 1939 in Amenia, New York, and is buried there with his wife Elizabeth Mills Smith, who died in 1930. They had no children.\
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\cf7 \cb8 L'un des fils d'E. R. a h\'e9rit\'e9 des dons de son p\'e8re pour la cr\'e9ation de mots et d'images.\
DeCost Smith a v\'e9cu \'e0 Paris et \'e0 New York et a explor\'e9 l'Ouest am\'e9ricain \'e0 de nombreuses reprises, parmi les Indiens. En 1890, il voyage avec l'artiste Edwin Deming, capturant la culture am\'e9rindienne sur toile, alors m\'eame qu'elle s'efface de l'histoire. Il a amass\'e9 une collection d'artefacts importants des Indiens Souix, Crow, Onondaga, et plus important encore, des r\'e9cits de premi\'e8re main de leurs tribus et tribulations alors que le Nouveau Monde \'e9tendu. Il a si\'e9g\'e9 au Bureau des affaires indiennes sous le pr\'e9sident Theodore Roosevelt et d'autres. Ayant rencontr\'e9 Sitting Bull, Rain-in-the-Face et de nombreux autres Indiens l\'e9gendaires, il a \'e9crit deux livres sur ses exp\'e9ditions.\
DeCost Smith a affirm\'e9 dans son autobiographie
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\'eatre tomb\'e9 amoureux des Am\'e9rindiens lorsque, dans sa jeunesse, une Indienne Onondaga avec son papoose est venue frapper \'e0 la porte arri\'e8re du 28 West Lake Street.\
Son autre livre
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, est connu comme l'histoire vraie du "dernier des Mohicans".\
Ses \'e9crits, ses peintures et ses collections ont document\'e9 la culture en voie de disparition rapide alors que l'Occident \'e9tait \'abconquis\'bb. Son tableau "Conflicting Faiths" a \'e9t\'e9 expos\'e9 \'e0 l'Exposition universelle de Paris en 1889. Smith en a fait don \'e0 la biblioth\'e8que de Skaneateles en 1907, o\'f9 il peut \'eatre vu aujourd'hui. Contemporain et collaborateur du c\'e9l\'e8bre artiste occidental Frederic Remington (qui, fait int\'e9ressant, a \'e9galement v\'e9cudans un A. J. Davis Gothic Revival Cottage \'e0 New Rochelle New York), les peintures de DeCost ont trouv\'e9 un march\'e9 de collectionneurs d\'e9vou\'e9. Sa collection d'artefacts indiens est devenue une partie du Smithsonian.\
Certaines \'9cuvres de DeCost Smith, d\'e9couvertes par le collectionneur Jonathan Holstein, peuvent \'eatre vues ici. La correspondance, les coupures de journaux, les photographies, les cahiers, les brochures, les manuscrits, les cartes, les peintures et les croquis de Smith sont archiv\'e9s \'e0 l'Universit\'e9 Cornell.\
Le journal \'e9crit \'e0 la main de son voyage de 1907 (photo de droite) se trouve dans la biblioth\'e8que gratuite d'Amenia, avec deux peintures rarement vues et une gravure rare de trois musiciens, cr\'e9\'e9e pour un travail collaboratif avec son p\'e8re "Ramblings About Town".\
DeCost Smith est d\'e9c\'e9d\'e9 en 1939 \'e0 Amenia, New York, et y est enterr\'e9 avec sa femme Elizabeth Mills Smith, d\'e9c\'e9d\'e9e en 1930. Ils n'avaient pas d'enfants.}