Derk Smit - Still Life "Fruits all over the table" -Oil painting c.1930s oil painting on canvas -Signed circa 1930s frame size 31 x 25" canvas size 18x24" Artist Biography Born in the Netherlands on Jan. 29, 1889. Smit came to the U.S. in 1914. After serving in the Navy during WW1, he settled in Chicago, studied at the AIC, and worked as an interior decorator. While based there, he made painting trips to southern California. He died in Santa Barbara, CA on July 17, 1984. An Impressionist, his work was influenced by Dutch and Flemish masters.