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David Smith, born in 1906 in Decatur, Indiana; originally learned to weld steel in a Studebaker factory before moving to New York where he then began to study art. David Smith is mostly know and associated with abstract expression; also, being one of the first contributors to Modern art by paving the way in welding steel sculptures by transforming the standard industrial method of molding steel into creative art. Although, he created many abstract paintings, his contemplation of the flatness in the work area for painting lead him to project his painting into three dimensional welded sculptures in the early 1930’s. [Slate, Geosites.] I consider David Smith’s work to be eccentric, because his work consisted of many different objects. For example, steel, silver, bronze, wood, and even coral from which he picked from the ocean in his work. [slate.] Dave Smith’s sculptures varied in size, but the majority was large, some of his sculptures serve as monuments in many places, and the workspace needed to create his sculptures were factories, warehouses and the outdoors.
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