Charles Smith studied at the University of Virginia, Yale and the Corcoran School of Art. He was a member of AIGA and taught at Bennington College and the University of Virginia. His work was exhibited in several one man shows at the Willard Gallery, NY, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Virginia Museum of Fine Art and the Museum of Modern Art. His work is included in the collections of several leading museums including the Museum of Modern Art, Art Institute of Chicago and the Virginia Museum of FIne Art. His work was included in the Fifty Prints of the Year 1934 and the Fifty Books of the Year, 1929. He authored Old Virginia in Block Prints and Old Charleston as well as authoring and illustrating Linoleum Block Printing.