Michael smither biography
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Michael Smither
New Zealand painter and composer (born 1939)
Michael Smither CNZM | |
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Smither in his Otama Beach studio, 2009 | |
| Born | Michael Duncan Smither (1939-10-29) 29 October 1939 (age 85) New Zealand |
| Alma mater | Elam School of Fine Arts |
| Known for | Painting, print making and musical composition |
| Style | Modernist |
| Awards | Frances Hodgkins Fellowship (1970) |
Michael Duncan SmitherCNZM (born 29 October 1939)[1] is a New Zealand painter and composer.[2]
Background
Smither was born in New Plymouth and was educated at New Plymouth Boys' High School and Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland.
While studying he worked part-time in a car spray-paint shop, an occupation which introduced Smither to the use of lacquer-based paints.
In 1959, Smither returned to New Plymouth, working part-time in arts-related jobs. His first solo exhibition was in 1961.
In 1963 he married Elizabeth Harrington, who is better known as New Ze