John Smart. RSA Collections.
Elected ARSA: 8 November 1871
Elected RSA: 10 February 1877
John Smart was born in Leith in 1838 and was educated at the High School there. He was apprenticed to his father, who was an engraver, and was a student with the Board of Trustees School of Design where he received several prizes between 1853 and 1858.
He exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy for the first time in 1860 and continued to contribute to the Annual Exhibition frequently. He regularly painted scenery in Wales at the beginning of his career before turning his attention almost entirely to the Highlands.
