Erwin Albert Schmid

Erwin Albert Schmid (born November 1, 1895 in Weingarten , † June 15, 1962 in Pullach ), known as "Altmühl-Schmid", was a German painter of the 20th century.

Life

He studied with Karl Wahler at the Munich School of Applied Arts, where he later became a specialist teacher for applied arts. He was a member of the Munich Artists' Cooperative and Secession and exhibited mainly at the “ Great Munich Art Exhibition ” in the Haus der Kunst, the last time in 1961; For the first time he sent a work to the Eichstätt art exhibition "Eichstätt and the beautiful Altmühltal" in 1931 . In the 30 years of his work he was represented at a total of 65 art exhibitions, including one of his own in Eichstätt in 1955. Works by him, mostly created using a spatula and brush technique on canvas or wood, are now owned by the Bavarian state and the city of Eichstätt. He came to his nickname "Altmühl-Schmid" in Munich artists 'circles because almost every year he worked in a "painters' guild" association with the Munich and Nuremberg artists Robert Engels , Adolf Jutz , Hans Frey , Hermann Trölsch , Otto Miller-Diflo , Konrad Pfau , Alex Weise , Max Körner , Karl Dotzauer and Hermann Gradl painted in Eichstätt and the surrounding area; in his catalog raisonné these pictures make up almost half of 165.

His grave is in the Pullach cemetery, his adopted home.

Works (selection)

• Seascape, oil
• Jesuit Church in Eichstätt, 1931
• Klosterstadele near Eichstätt, 1933
• Hilly spring landscape with a pond, oil, 1942
• Early spring on the [Eichstätter] Frauenberg, 1942
• Hunter's houses near Eichstätt I, 1943
• Willibaldsburg in spring, 1944
• Autumn bouquet, 1944
• The bridge at the Aumühle, two versions, 2nd version 1944
• View from the [Eichstätter] Thingplatz towards Rebdorf, 1946
• Eichstätt, overall picture, 1947
• Marienstein, 1947
• Heilig-Geist-Spital, 1947
• Schuster garden shed, 1947
• Eichstätt, overall picture with the fir tree, 1947
• Willibaldsburg, 1947
• The island fisherman, 1948
• The quarry [of the city of Eichstätt], 1950
• Houses in the quarry, 1950, 1956
• Maria-Hilf-Chapel from backwards, 1952
• The new house, Eichstätt 1955
• Pfünz im Jura, Öl, 1958
• From Eichstätt, Oil, 1959
• Zierermühle with long wood, 1959
• Jurassic rocks in the evening, oil, 1960
• Railway tracks with Jurastadel in Eichstätt, Öl, 1961
• At the embankment, oil, 1961
• Aumühle Eichstätt (unfinished), oil, 1961

literature

• Albert Schmid: List of the recorded works (1952–1961) (343 numbers) (with year of creation, picture title and owner information) (in private ownership)
• Kunst-Rundschau 46 (1938), p. 203 m. Fig.
• Eichstätter Courier from November 1st, 1992
• Georg Babl: Das Alte Eichstätt, memories of a contemporary, Tutzing 1994, pp. 120, 250-252
• Georg Babl: One picture is reminiscent of Alt-Eichstätt. On the 100th birthday of its creator Erwin Albert Schmid , in: Historische Blätter für Stadt und Landkreis Eichstätt 43 (1995), No. 6, p. 3f.
• Hans Vollmer (ed.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the 20th Century, Vol. IV, Leipzig 1999, p. 195