Harold von Schmidt ART FOR SALE

1893 Alameda, California - 1982 Westport, Connecticut. Known for: Western painting, illustration.

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For more than half a century, the illustrations and paintings of Harold Von Schmidt were familiar to the American public. His work appeared in the Saturday Evening Post, Sunset, Cosmopolitan, American and other magazines for 20 years, beginning in 1925. He also illustrated Willa Cather's novel, Death Comes to the Archbishop, and was commissioned in 1960 to design the Pony Express commemorative stamp for the United States postal service. Born in 1893 in Alameda, California, Von Schmidt was orphaned at five. He was raised by his grandfather and an aunt who encouraged his interest in art. As a young man, he spent his summers working as a lumberjack, cowpuncher and construction worker. After two years' study with F.H. Meyers at the California... Read full biography

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Woman seated on Balcony

Type:Illustration

Year:1928

Size:34.00" x 30.00"

Medium:Oil

Signed:Signed and Dated

Notes:

Story illustration for Saturday Evening Post magazine, 1928. Image of woman seated on balcony, older man looking on. "I feel immensely flattered that you'd like to see me the wife of a crook."

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