Career
‘The outstanding student of his year. He is unquestionably a man of great ability as an artist”
Ian Fleming, Principal of Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen in the late 1950s.
Ian Fleming, Principal of Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen in the late 1950s.
1924 - Smith family moved from Shawbost to Newvalley, just outside Stornoway
1926 - Donald John Smith, second youngest of nine surviving children born
1942 - Leaves school with qualifications including Art
1944 - begins National Service - Army
1945-46 - India, Singapore.
1949 - 54 - Diploma and Post-Diploma, Grays School of Art, Aberdeen
1955 - Itinerant Teacher of Art, Lewis rural schools. Exhibitions in Aberdeen and Stornoway. Portraits of Mackie family and guests including James Robertson Justice
1958 - RSA Exhibition
1959 - Aberdeen Artists; Adelphi Group
1962 - Appointed Principal Teacher of Art, Summerhill School, Aberdeen.
1962 - SSA, Edinburgh
1964 - Exhibitions include RSA, Aberdeen Artists, and the Deeside Gallery.
1967 - RSA – work purchased by Nuffield Foundation
1972-2008 - Series of exhibitions including Morven Gallery, An Lanntair, Kingussie and others.
1989 - As an Fearann – Touring Exhibition – UK & Canada
2011 - Window to the West, Edinburgh City Art Centre
1926 - Donald John Smith, second youngest of nine surviving children born
1942 - Leaves school with qualifications including Art
1944 - begins National Service - Army
1945-46 - India, Singapore.
1949 - 54 - Diploma and Post-Diploma, Grays School of Art, Aberdeen
1955 - Itinerant Teacher of Art, Lewis rural schools. Exhibitions in Aberdeen and Stornoway. Portraits of Mackie family and guests including James Robertson Justice
1958 - RSA Exhibition
1959 - Aberdeen Artists; Adelphi Group
1962 - Appointed Principal Teacher of Art, Summerhill School, Aberdeen.
1962 - SSA, Edinburgh
1964 - Exhibitions include RSA, Aberdeen Artists, and the Deeside Gallery.
1967 - RSA – work purchased by Nuffield Foundation
1972-2008 - Series of exhibitions including Morven Gallery, An Lanntair, Kingussie and others.
1989 - As an Fearann – Touring Exhibition – UK & Canada
2011 - Window to the West, Edinburgh City Art Centre
