Clarice Smith

Clarice Smith
Smith in 1996
Born	Clarice Chasen (1933-01-16)January 16, 1933 Washington D.C.
Died	December 9, 2021(2021-12-09) (aged 88) Arlington, Virginia
Education	Corcoran School of the Arts and Design MFA in 1979 from George Washington University
Occupation	Painter
Spouse	Robert H. Smith
Children	Michelle Smith David Bruce Smith Stephen Smith (predeceased)

Clarice Smith (January 16, 1933 – December 9, 2021) was an American painter and portraitist whose paintings have appeared in a number of exhibitions in the United States and Europe. With her husband, Robert H. Smith, Clarice Smith engaged in philanthropy, especially at the University of Maryland, where the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center is named for her, and at George Washington University, where the couple endowed the Smith Hall of Art. They also initiated a distinguished lecture series at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art.^[1]