John McRee Smith may be “the most talented artist ever to attend Washington University.”
Fred Conway
Professor & American Painter
Philip Guston
Professor & American Painter
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 6, 1949
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State Art Show
Read more: State Art ShowOil in State Show Is Artist’s Only Picture After 14 Years’ Painting Ex-Marine Has Destroyed All Others as Not Up to Par—Sticks to $300 Price. JOHN McREE SMITH with his painting—”Still Life With Green Pitcher,” in the Missouri Exhibition at City Art Museum. One St. Louis artist has his entire surviving production in the current…
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Smith Listed as Wounded
Read more: Smith Listed as WoundedMarine Pvt. John McRee Smith, 19, has been wounded in action in the Pacific, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Iredell McRee Smith, 4324 Forest Park avenue, St. Louis, have been informed. Before he enlisted in the Marines, Pvt. Smith was employed by the Post-Dispatch. His brother, Lt. James Iredell Smith, who is a prisoner of…
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Report onWhat Became of John Smith?
Read more: Report onWhat Became of John Smith?St. Louis boy Joined Marines, Fought on New Britain, but Plans to Resume Art Career After the War By Sgt. George E. M’Millan A Marine Corps Combat Correspondent SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC (Delayed). (Image text: MARINE PRIVATE FIRST CLASS JOHN SMITH, NOW IN A SOUTH PACIFIC REST CAMP AFTER BITTER FIGHTING AT CAPE GLOUCESTER,…