RICHARD SCHMID (1934 2021) Untitled (Figure in a Blue Cloak)

Sale 2678 - Lot 105

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RICHARD SCHMID (1934-2021)
Untitled (Figure in a Blue Cloak).

Oil on canvas board, circa 1965. 330x235 mm; 13x9¼ inches. Signed lower center.

Provenance
Private collection, New York.

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Richard Schmid was an accomplished artist who made it his life's work to instruct and promote a new generation of artists through his several books, seminars, and television presentations. Schmid was considered one of the contemporary masters of impressionism and the "Grand Manner" of painting.

As a child growing up in Chicago during the Great Depression, Schmid was influenced by his grandfather, sculptor Julian Oates to pursue informal art instruction. At the age of 18, he entered the American Academy of Art in Chicago. Schmid gained some momentum in Chicago by exhibiting his paintings, and in 1959 he moved to Greenwich Village in New York. Surrounded by the stimulating art community and museums, Schmid took advantage of what New York had to offer young artists, but soon sought a different environment. He eventually settled in Connecticut and New Hampshire with his wife, artist Nancy Guzik. Schmid traveled extensively for his painting and in his pursuit to promote art education. His artwork was very popular with patrons and inspired his colleagues. During his career, he showed his works in more than 50 solo exhibition and received The John Singer Sargent Medal for Lifetime Achievement from the American Society of Portrait Artists, among many other awards and honors.