Jack Martin Smith-1939 Interior of an Hollywood Restaurant-Painting

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Jack Martin Smith-1939 Glamorous interior of an Hollywood Restaurant-Painting

Art Deco 1939 busy scene of a stunning Hollywood Dining Ambiance … more Jack Martin Smith-1939 Glamorous interior of an Hollywood Restaurant-Painting

Art Deco 1939 busy scene of a stunning Hollywood Dining Ambiance of an
upscale restaurant with labyrinthine banquettes, atmospheric lighting, tuxedoed waiters, and a wealthy clientele.
where Melvyn Douglas takes a white laced dressed Greta Garbo out for a decadent evening of dinner and dancing-
Gouache and Ink painting on board - Signed - circa 1939
image size 16x12" - frame size: 27 x 22"

Artist Biography
Jack Martin Smith (1911 - 1993) was active/lived in California. He is known for Movie set design, art production, sport event and landscape painting.
Jack Martin Smith made his debut in 1937 and two years later found himself working as a production designer on The Wizard of Oz. Smith spent most of his working life at MGM where he worked on such films as Easter Parade (1948), On the Town (1949), and the 1951 version of Show Boat. His first Oscar nomination came in 1949 for his work on Vincente Minnelli's adaptation of Madame Bovary.Later, he moved to 20th Century Fox, where he was one of the art directors on the 1956 film version of Carousel. Other big productions to bear his name there include Peyton Place (1957), Return to Peyton Place (1961), Cleopatra (1963, his first Oscar win), Von Ryan's Express (1965), the science fiction epic Fantastic Voyage (1966, which earned him his second Oscar), Planet of the Apes (1968), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and MASH (1970). His third Oscar was for Hello, Dolly! in 1969.Smith also worked frequently in television on such series as Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space and Batman.
His last film before retirement was the Disney part-animated film Pete's Dragon in 1977.

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