British painter Richard Smith, known for 1960s avant-garde and three-dimensional canvases, dies at 84

Richard Smith, a British painter, passed away on 16 April 2016 at age 84, as announced by Flowers Gallery. He was recognized for his role in London's avant-garde scene during the 1960s. Smith's practice merged consumer packaging aesthetics with abstract painting, though he was not part of the Pop art movement. He pushed traditional painting limits by creating three-dimensional canvas sculptures. His works are included in numerous public collections, such as the Arts Council of Great Britain, The British Museum in London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, the Whitney in New York, MIT in Boston, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC.