One of the world's most outstanding painters and art educators, he was awarded the Sargent Lifetime Achievement Prize in 2000

Richard Schmid, born in 1934 in Chicago, Illinois, passed away on April 19, 2021. One of the most prominent painters and art educators in the contemporary world.

His earliest artistic influence came from his maternal grandfather, Julian Oates, an architectural sculptor.

Richard Schimid began studying figures, landscapes, and anatomy at the age of 12 until he entered the Art Institute of Chicago, where he studied and studied classical painting techniques under William H. Mosby.

His mentor, William Mosbert, graduated from the prestigious Royal Academy in Brussels, Antwerp, Belgium, and was an expert in the techniques of realist painting. Throughout his life, he focused on systematic research on various one-time or direct painting methods in various historical periods, which directly influenced Richard.

In the United States, Richard's work is regarded as a classic of realism, almost everyone is full of praise for his paintings, he has held and participated in many exhibitions, and almost every major fine art award in the United States has been won by him, known as the landmark figure of American realist painting.

In 2000, Richard Schimede won the prize of American John. Singl. The highest honor of the John Singer Sargent Medal.

In 2005, he received the annual Portrait Society of America Gold Medal and an honorary doctorate from the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts.

In 2013, at the Abbotsford Royal Opening in Melrose, Scotland, the Queen of England watched Richard paint live, and the Queen praised him, and finally Richard's masterpiece "Sir Walter Scott's Home" was collected by the Queen.

He has always believed that painting comes from life, so many of his works are sketches, and sketching is to paint things in his life.

He believes that this is the best expression of art, because sketching is when you really observe objects and requires a high degree of expressive ability. Many of his ideas are from the perspective of an oil painter.