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Derk Smit, an artist and decorator, was born in the
Netherlands and came to the United States in 1914. After World War I
service, he settled in Chicago, Illinois, where he studied at the school
of the Art Institute of Chicago. Joseph Allworthy was one of his teachers. As with many Chicago artists of the time, Smit painted extensively in
Brown County, Indiana, around Nashville. He was a member of the Hoosier
Salon and garnered six awards between 1953 and 1968. He also visited Southern California to paint and died in Santa Barbara.
He was a member of the Laguna Beach artists' group.
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