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From Saturday 2 to Thursday 28 February 2008 Joy and Sorrow Frank Sidney Smith at The Buttermarket Opening times, 11.00 approx till 4pm Tues to Sat, closed Monday SOLD OUT ON OPENING DAY - Third and final exhibition poster now available Due to the overwhelming response to this show, please either register via the "Friends" link above or use the contact link at the foot of the page to express your interest in future works or shows. Thank you. Frank Sidney Smith will be in the Buttermarket Gallery from 2pm-3pm Thursday 28th Feb to officially close his sell-out show. Should anyone wish to meet him, this is your opportunity. Thanks to everyone for their donations on posters which have all but sold out, raising over £1,000 for the Oncology Ward of Birmingham's Children's Hospital. Premiere show of an amazing new artist, as seen on BBC Midlands today - each story is a painting, each painting is a memory based on real life. This is the first time that Frank Sidney Smith's work is on show for sale in a one-man show. He was born in 1928 in the Thanet Union workhouse, he never knew his father, but believed him to be an artist and he was brought up in a children's home whilst his mother worked in the workhouse. He was a wartime evacuee , spent eight years in Palestine and Korea in the army. His wife who he had met as a pen pal was a schizophrenic and later died of lithium poisoning. Unfortunately his son was also schizophrenic and committed suicide by throwing himself off a tower block. Frank has the ability in his charming way to capture all emotions, but the humour jumps out from the paintings in his wonderful childlike style, the stories he remembers flow like an endless talking encyclopaedia and one cannot help but be captivated. Springing from his sadness, Frank is an uplifting success story, with self knowledge and emotional stability in forging his creative talent. Frank Sidney Smith : BBC Midlands Today (TV), 01 Feb 2008 Frank Sidney Smith : ITV Central News (TV), 11 Mar 2008 See the photos from the opening here Frank will be celebrating his 80th birthday on 27th April 2008. Should you wish to send him a birthday card, please send it to the Gallery (address at the foot of this page) and we shall gladly forward it on to him. Click here to read about Frank Sidney Smith and see more of their work here. If you have any questions, click here to get in touch...
enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_26	Frank Sidney Smith SCHOOL CHILDREN WATCHING THE THRESHER SOLD Original oil 59 x 44 cm superior triple frame	enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_20080306_bmail	Frank Sidney Smith Article courtesy of the Birmingham Mail, 6th March 2008.
enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_40	Frank Sidney Smith EXHIBITION POSTER #3 WOOD END EVACUEES Limited edition, signed. SOLD SOLD OUT The last of the posters of Frank's sellout show. A4, 350 grm paper. Proceeds to the Oncology Department of the Birmingham Childrens` Hospital.	enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_29	Frank Sidney Smith EXHIBITION POSTER#1 'FRANK THE PAINTER' Limited edition of 100, signed. SOLD SOLD OUT Proceeds to the Oncology Department of the Birmingham Childrens` Hospital. SPECIAL NOTICE One of these framed posters was auctioned to raise money for Proteus Syndrome Foundation UK a charitable organisation related to the genetic disease that effected the 'Elephant Man' Joseph Merrick. The poster raised £175.00 and the ball raised over 25k. fantstic, well done to everyone
enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_39	Frank Sidney Smith EXHIBITION POSTER #2 'SMOKERS CORNER' Limited edition of 100, signed. SOLD A4, 350 grm paper. Proceeds to the Oncology Department of the Birmingham Childrens` Hospital. SOLD OUT!	enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_27	Frank Sidney Smith THE SMOKERS CORNER SOLD Original oil 30 x 40 cm Published on page 17 of "A Brush With Life" - Frank Sidney Smith
enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_37	Frank Sidney Smith THE ROAD TO ALCESTER SOLD POA	enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_36	Frank Sidney Smith THE OUTDOOR DRAWBRIDGE, SHIRLEY SOLD POA
enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_35	Frank Sidney Smith THE COBBLER`S SHOP, MAYPOLE SOLD POA	enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_31	Frank Sidney Smith BURNT OUT BARGE SOLD POA
enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_30	Frank Sidney Smith AUTOBIOGRAPHY SOLD POA	enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_33	Frank Sidney Smith CRABMILL LANE, MAYPOLE, SNOWSCENE SOLD POA 1982
enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_34	Frank Sidney Smith THE BOATMAN`S RESTAURANT SOLD Oil on board	enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_15	Frank Sidney Smith FORCED MARCH BY THE DEAD SEA SOLD POA Original oil 39 x 29 cm Published on page 124 of "A Brush With Life" - Frank Sidney Smith
enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_8	Frank Sidney Smith THE VIRGIN SOLDIER SOLD POA Original oil painting 60 x 44 cm	enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_2	Frank Sidney Smith AT MRS MOORES PUTTING THE CHIMNEY FIRE OUT SOLD POA Original oil painting 64 x 44 cm
enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_28	Frank Sidney Smith OPENING OF MAYPOLE PUB 1937 SOLD POA 44 x 35 cm	enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_25	Frank Sidney Smith MRS MOORE ON THE TABLE WITH FRANK KILLING THE MOUSE SOLD POA Original oil 59 x 44 cm
enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_24	Frank Sidney Smith THE PAINTED BATH SOLD POA Original oil 47.5 x 40.5 cm Published on page 138 of "A Brush With Life" - Frank Sidney Smith	enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_23	Frank Sidney Smith THE CRUEL COALMAN SOLD POA Original oil 49 x 24CMS Published on page 75 of "A Brush With Life" - Frank Sidney Smith
enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_22	Frank Sidney Smith WALKING AWAY FROM THE HOME SOLD POA Original oil 17 x 26.5 cm	enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_21	Frank Sidney Smith THE FIGHT SOLD POA Original oil 17 x 26.5 cm
enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_20	Frank Sidney Smith CONVALESCING IN THE WORKHOUSE SOLD POA Original oil 121 x 71 cm	enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_9	Frank Sidney Smith HAVING A BATH IN THE PARLOUR SOLD POA Original oil painting 50 x 30 cm
enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_7	Frank Sidney Smith WOOD END STATION SOLD POA Original oil painting 64 x 44 cm	enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_6	Frank Sidney Smith XMAS PARTY AT WORKHOUSE MANSTON SOLD POA Original oil painting 64 x 44 cm
enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_5	Frank Sidney Smith CHILDREN PLAYING AT THE FORGE SOLD POA Original oil painting 64 x 44 cm	enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_4	Frank Sidney Smith PETER AND THE BUGS SOLD POA Original oil painting 29 x 24 cm Published on page 119 of "A Brush With Life" - Frank Sidney Smith
enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_19	Frank Sidney Smith MOTHER IN THE LAUNDRY SOLD POA Original oil 60 x 42 cm	enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_18	Frank Sidney Smith THE CATERPILLAR, MARGATE DREAMLAND SOLD POA Original oil 101 x 45 cm Published on page 66 of "A Brush With Life" - Frank Sidney Smith
enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_17	Frank Sidney Smith THE WORKMEN WHO HELPED BUILD 'THE NELSON' SOLD POA Original oil 39 x 29 cm	enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_16	Frank Sidney Smith RESTING AT DINNER TIME SOLD POA Original oil 29 x 39 cm Published on page 149 of "A Brush With Life" - Frank Sidney Smith
enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_14	Frank Sidney Smith LEARNING TO SWIM SOLD POA Original oil 34 x 24 cm Published on page 91 of "A Brush With Life" - Frank Sidney Smith	enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_13	Frank Sidney Smith TAKING A TUMBLE SOLD POA Original oil 54 x 44 cm Published on page 109 of "A Brush With Life" - Frank Sidney Smith
enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_12	Frank Sidney Smith HOT BATH IN THE COLD PARLOUR SOLD POA Original oil 24 x 19 cm	enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_11	Frank Sidney Smith WATCHING THE PUSHERS SOLD POA Original oil painting 49 x 39 cm Published on page 151 of "A Brush With Life" - Frank Sidney Smith
enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_10	Frank Sidney Smith TRYING TO BREAK THE CANE SOLD POA Original oil painting 44 x 34 cm Published on page 94 of "A Brush With Life" - Frank Sidney Smith	enlarge this image ref: franksidneysmith_1	Frank Sidney Smith THE ART CLASS WITH FRANK AND JOHN AT CRABMILL SOLD Original oil painting 75 x 49 cm

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