biography of Helen M. SMITH (1917)

Birth place: Canton, Ohio

Addresses: St. Louis, MO

Profession: Illustrator, painter

Studied: Univ. Melbourne, Australia, 1942-43; Washington Univ. (B.F.A., 1953; M.A., 1958); Art Instruction, Inc., certificate; St. Louis Univ.

Exhibited: St. Louis Artists Guild; Ann. Missouri Exhib.; Liturgical Art, Seattle; Catholic Art Exhib., CA; Springfield (MO) Art Mus. Awards: Ruth Kelso Renfrow Art Club Award, 1955; first, second & third prizes, Soc. Technical Writers & Publ. Exhib.

Member: St. Louis Artists Guild; Archaeology Soc. Am.; Oriental Archaeology Soc.; Int. Inst. Arts & Letters (fellow); Illinois Art Educ. Assn.

Comments: Positions: medical illustrator, St .Louis Univ. Medical Center, 1961-65; director medical illustration, dept. ophthalmology, Washington Univ., 1964-68; consultany, Am. College Radiology, 1964-. Publications: illustrator, Aghios Kosmos," 1959; illustrator of many medical journals & books. Teaching: art isntructor, Villa Duchesne, St. Louis, 1953-56; instructor of art & head art dept., Maryville College, 1958-60, asst. professor of art & archaeology & director of art dept., 1960-61, asst. professor & director of art & archaeology depts., 1961-68; lecturer, Harvard Univ. & Oriental Inst. Archaeology, Yale Univ., 1960; asst. professor art history & director instruction graphics, Southern Illinois Univ., 1968."