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Boy with Butterfly. Oil on canvas. 21" x 20.5". Repaired and small paint loss. Gladys Nelson Smith (1890 - 1980) emerged from the nation’s heartland to study at three of the country’s leading art academies, eventually earning critical acclaim for her Impressionist canvases with a decidedly feminine sensibility. Her paintings of children, motherhood, and gardens were praised for their exquisite composition, classical use of color, and eloquence: “Her ability as a landscape painter is second only to that of painting children,” one reviewer wrote. “She loves to portray in her own special way the moods of nature, those subtle qualities in the coming storm, the roaring wind and the beautiful sunset, which most of us feel but cannot express.” See Photos for Details.