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Job: 11803 Title: #218076# Drawing Lessons From The Famous Artists School (Rockport)
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HAROLD VON SCHMIDT
When discussing his thirty-six years as an illustrator, Harold von
Schmidt divided them this way: “About thirteen years of painting
with tempera or gouache, probably three years when I worked in
both, and the last twenty years of painting mostly in oil.” He went
on to qualify further: “Over this period some jobs were done with a
pen, one with charcoal, many with line and tone and many more dry
brush drawings.” In other words, like many of his fellow illustrators, ...