Edmund Hodgson Smart

Edmund Hodgson Smart (1873–1942) was a nineteenth and twentieth-century British painter most noted for his portraits of world leaders. He was born in Alnwick, England. He studied art at the Antwerp Academy in Belgium, at the Académie Julian in Paris, and under Sir Hubert von Herkomer in England.^[1]

Edmund Hodgson Smart
Smart circa 1922
Born	1873 Alnwick, England
Died	1942 (aged 68–69)
Nationality	British
Known for	Painting

His painting Dawn (1907) was given to the Smithsonian Institution by the artist and is in their public collection.^[2]

Select works

Dawn, 1907

Smart standing next to his portrait of U.S. President Warren G. Harding

• Dawn, 1907 ^[2]
• King Edward VII of Britain
• Queen Alexandra of Britain
• American President Warren G. Harding
• Marshal Foch
• General Pershing
• Admiral William Sims
• Annie Besant, 1927
• Manly Palmer Hall, Philosophical Research Society collection