FightintheDraw | Exhibit | Exhibitions | Museum | TTU
This gives a striking feeling of confusion and chaos that contrasts to Von Schmidt's soft painting style. His use of loose curved lines and delicate treatment of details, such as the horses' eyes, give an equally striking sense of beauty and gracefulness in this intense battle scene.
Harold von Schmidt - Illustration History
In 1944, Von Schmidt was recruited by the Air Force to become a war correspondent in Europe. He focused on depicting the small details of a soldier’s everyday life, and flew on a number of bombing missions.
Harold von Schmidt - Artnet
View Harold von Schmidt’s 280 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. See available paintings, works on paper, and prints and multiples for sale and learn about the artist.
Fight in the Draw, 1950... - Museum of Texas Tech University
In 1948 after service in World War II, Von Schmidt taught in Connecticut as a founding faculty at a school for illustrators called the Famous Artists School. His work was regularly featured in magazines, and he illustrated an edition of Willa Cather's well-known novel Death Comes for the Archbishop.
THERE WAS A MAN: CUSTER, FIGHTING GENERAL - Esquire
In his total defeat at Little Big Horn that is shrouded in mystery to this day, the Boy General achieved his lifelong ambition—immortality September11950 STEW ART H. HOLBROOK Harold Von...
Harold Von Schmidt: Pictorial Structure through Research
This week's subject allowed me to delve deeper into a recent acquisition by Harold von Schmidt, a student of the accomplished illustrator Harvey Dunn.
Harold Von Schmidt - A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art
Harold Von Schmidt passed away on June 3, 1982, in Westport, Connecticut. Von Schmidt and A.R. Mitchell were lifelong friends, and the museum proudly displays many works that Von Schmidt gave to Mitchell throughout their enduring friendship.
Harold Von Schmidt – Artists – eMuseum
At this time, he began his illustration career, providing designs for Sunset magazine and designing posters for the Navy during World War I. In 1924, Von Schmidt moved East to study under Harvey Dunn, who encouraged the young artist to paint the epic rather than the incident.
Battle Art - friendslittlebighorn.com
Anyone that studies the Battle of the Little Bighorn has a picture in their mind of what took place on Last Stand Hill. That image is as unique as each individual. Countless artists, illustrators, filmmakers and television producers have created endless dramatizations of this historic event.
Harold von Schmidt – U.S. Department of State
Although most of his work was illustration, Von Schmidt did execute non-commercial work on commission, including Gold Rush themed murals for the California Governor’s Office, and Civil War paintings for the US Military Academy at West Point.
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