George Henry Smillie brother of artist James David Smillie

James David Smillie

James David Smillie , American artist, was born in New York City.His father, James Smillie , a Scottish engraver, emigrated to New York in 1829, was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1851, did much, with his brother William Cumming , to develop the engraving of bank-notes, and was an...

, was a painter.

He studied under his father, James Smillie, and under James McDougal Hart

James McDougal Hart

James McDougal Hart , was a Scottish-born American landscape and cattle painter of the Hudson River School. His older brother, William Hart, was also a Hudson River School artist, and the two painted similar subjects....

, and became a member of the National Academy of Design

National Academy of Design

The National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts, founded in New York City as the National Academy of Design – known simply as the "National Academy" – is an honorary association of American artists founded in 1825 by Samuel F. B. Morse, Asher B. Durand, Thomas Cole, Martin E...

 in 1882. Like his brother, he painted both in oils and in water colour.

His favourite subjects were scenes along the New England

New England

New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...

 coast. In 1881 he married Nellie Sheldon Jacobs (b. 1854), a painter of genre pictures in oils and water colour.
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