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Harold von Schmidt

Harold von Schmidt (1893 - 1982) was active/lived in New York, California, Connecticut.  Harold von Schmidt is known for Western painting, illustration.

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 College of Arts and Crafts*, Von Schmidt did his first cover design in 1913 for Sunset magazine.  While attending the San Francisco Art Institute* from 1915 to 1918, he became art direct   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 11788 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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Artist artworks for sale and wanted

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Research resources

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