The Fine Art of [Richard Schmid] // 01.29.2026
Richard Schmid (1934-2021), The Freak House, Riverview Park, Chicago, 1965, Oil on Masonite, 8 x 12 inches
Richard Schmid often painted from life. In his bestselling primer on painting, Alla Prima II: Everything I Know About Painting—and More, Schmid writes that he “painted at Riverview as often as he could.” His plein air painting techniques are reflected in the canvases small scale and his application of paint. Loose brushwork, sometimes applied with a palette knife, produces a textured impression of the scene in bright, broken colors.
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