Gouache and watercolor on paper, circa 1960, signed at lower right, matted and framed.

Frame dimensions 25 x 27 in.

Private Collection, Brooklyn, New York

Richard Schmid was among the greatest contemporary American artists working in the "Grand Manner" style of classical realists. His numerous awards include the John Singer Sargent Medal for Lifetime Achievement from the American Society of Portrait Artists, National Arts for the Parks and the Salmagundi Club Medal of Honor. He has been honored with over 50 solo shows and exhibited in such prominent museums as The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; the Art Institute of Chicago; the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio; and the Beijing Exhibition Center in China.

We wish to thank Molly Schmid for confirming the authenticity of this very early work by Richard Schmid.

Good estate condition; few spots possibly inherent to sheet; frame crack at lower right; not examined out of frame.