Paul (1893) Schmitt Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Paul (1893) Schmitt Art Value Price Guide

Dec. 07, 2023
Paul Anton Schmitt (1893-1983), Three works: Mother and daughter weaving, Street-view of a church, 1934, "In Old Mexico," Each: Woodcut in colors with hand coloring on paper
Est: $500 - $700
Paul Anton Schmitt (1893-1983) Three works: Mother and daughter weaving Woodcut in colors with hand coloring on paper Signed in pencil lower right: Paul A. Schmitt Image/Sheet: 10.5" H x 8.75" W Street-view of a church, 1934 Woodcut in colors with hand coloring on paper Signed and dated in ink in the lower margin, at right: Paul A. Schmitt Image: 8.875" H x 12.5" W; Sheet: 10" H x 13" W "In Old Mexico" Woodcut in colors with hand coloring on paper Signed and dated in ink on the back mat, at right: Paul A. Schmitt Image/Sheet: 9.5" H x 12.75" W
John Moran Auctioneers
May. 14, 2023
Paul Schmitt (CA,1893-1983) oil painting
Est: $425 - $550
ARTIST: Paul Anton Schmitt (California, 1893 - 1983) NAME: Landscape - Clarks Fork, Sonora Pass (titled on verso) MEDIUM: oil on canvas. Canvas applied to board. CONDITION: Overall good. Very minor craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light. Wear to frame. SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 14 inches / 25 x 35 cm FRAME SIZE: 13 x 17 inches / 33 x 43 cm SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 121938 US Shipping $49 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Painter, watercolorist, illustrator and teacher, Paul Schmitt was born in Philadelphia, in 1893 and moved to San Francisco in 1898 where he lived until the 1906 earthquake took his family home. He then moved to the Fruitvale district of Oakland. He died of natural causes at the age of 90 in San Leandro, California.Paul Schmitt studied under Perham Wilhelm Nahl, at the California College of Arts and Crafts. He also learned various crafts, woodworking and carving skills from his father, Herman Schmitt, a German wood carver working in San Francisco. Herman's works are still found in various San Francisco public buildings including the city hall chambers and the garden court of the Palace Hotel.Schmitt joined twelve other local San Francisco artists to form the group called "The Thirteen Watercolorists", a group that eventually evolved into the Society of Western Artists. Their early members included Alfred Owles, Will Cameron, Maurice Logan, Maynard Dixon and many others. Paul worked with engineers and architects doing models of many projects. He was versatile in that he also did illustrations for various publications and advertisers.He fathered thirteen children. In the late 1930's he decided to accept a teaching position in the local adult schools where he retired in his eighties.Paul was very fond of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and yearly took his large family there on camping /sketching trips. He did a series of oils of the California missions. He also traveled extensively on sketching trips including Mexico where he did a series of Mexican churches. His love of the mountains was reminiscent of stories of his ancestral Austria. Many of his best-loved paintings are of mountain scenes. His children include three artists, Mari Matto, of Fremont, CA."Schatz" Robideaux, of San Leandro, CA. and the late Ray Schmitt, of Hayward, Ca.His work was exhibited in several San Francisco galleries, including De Young, and in the Chicago World's Fair, and New York. His murals are in various California churches and public buildings. At present the Oakland Museum California History room has a permanent display of his painting called "Pipe City" which depicts the depression era encampment of homeless people living in large cement pipes in Oakland.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Feb. 12, 2023
Paul Schmitt (CA,1893-1983) oil painting
Est: $450 - $575
ARTIST: Paul Anton Schmitt (California, 1893 - 1983) NAME: Landscape - Clarks Fork, Sonora Pass (titled on verso) MEDIUM: oil on canvas. Canvas applied to board. CONDITION: Overall good. Very minor craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light. Wear to frame. SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 14 inches / 25 x 35 cm FRAME SIZE: 13 x 17 inches / 33 x 43 cm SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 121938 US Shipping $49 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Painter, watercolorist, illustrator and teacher, Paul Schmitt was born in Philadelphia, in 1893 and moved to San Francisco in 1898 where he lived until the 1906 earthquake took his family home. He then moved to the Fruitvale district of Oakland. He died of natural causes at the age of 90 in San Leandro, California.Paul Schmitt studied under Perham Wilhelm Nahl, at the California College of Arts and Crafts. He also learned various crafts, woodworking and carving skills from his father, Herman Schmitt, a German wood carver working in San Francisco. Herman's works are still found in various San Francisco public buildings including the city hall chambers and the garden court of the Palace Hotel.Schmitt joined twelve other local San Francisco artists to form the group called "The Thirteen Watercolorists", a group that eventually evolved into the Society of Western Artists. Their early members included Alfred Owles, Will Cameron, Maurice Logan, Maynard Dixon and many others. Paul worked with engineers and architects doing models of many projects. He was versatile in that he also did illustrations for various publications and advertisers.He fathered thirteen children. In the late 1930's he decided to accept a teaching position in the local adult schools where he retired in his eighties.Paul was very fond of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and yearly took his large family there on camping /sketching trips. He did a series of oils of the California missions. He also traveled extensively on sketching trips including Mexico where he did a series of Mexican churches. His love of the mountains was reminiscent of stories of his ancestral Austria. Many of his best-loved paintings are of mountain scenes. His children include three artists, Mari Matto, of Fremont, CA."Schatz" Robideaux, of San Leandro, CA. and the late Ray Schmitt, of Hayward, Ca.His work was exhibited in several San Francisco galleries, including De Young, and in the Chicago World's Fair, and New York. His murals are in various California churches and public buildings. At present the Oakland Museum California History room has a permanent display of his painting called "Pipe City" which depicts the depression era encampment of homeless people living in large cement pipes in Oakland.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Nov. 13, 2022
Paul Schmitt (CA,1893-1983) oil painting
Est: $450 - $575
ARTIST: Paul Anton Schmitt (California, 1893 - 1983) NAME: Landscape - Clarks Fork, Sonora Pass (titled on verso) MEDIUM: oil on canvas. Canvas applied to board. CONDITION: Overall good. Very minor craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light. Wear to frame. SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 14 inches / 25 x 35 cm FRAME SIZE: 13 x 17 inches / 33 x 43 cm SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 121938 US Shipping $49 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Painter, watercolorist, illustrator and teacher, Paul Schmitt was born in Philadelphia, in 1893 and moved to San Francisco in 1898 where he lived until the 1906 earthquake took his family home. He then moved to the Fruitvale district of Oakland. He died of natural causes at the age of 90 in San Leandro, California.Paul Schmitt studied under Perham Wilhelm Nahl, at the California College of Arts and Crafts. He also learned various crafts, woodworking and carving skills from his father, Herman Schmitt, a German wood carver working in San Francisco. Herman's works are still found in various San Francisco public buildings including the city hall chambers and the garden court of the Palace Hotel.Schmitt joined twelve other local San Francisco artists to form the group called "The Thirteen Watercolorists", a group that eventually evolved into the Society of Western Artists. Their early members included Alfred Owles, Will Cameron, Maurice Logan, Maynard Dixon and many others. Paul worked with engineers and architects doing models of many projects. He was versatile in that he also did illustrations for various publications and advertisers.He fathered thirteen children. In the late 1930's he decided to accept a teaching position in the local adult schools where he retired in his eighties.Paul was very fond of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and yearly took his large family there on camping /sketching trips. He did a series of oils of the California missions. He also traveled extensively on sketching trips including Mexico where he did a series of Mexican churches. His love of the mountains was reminiscent of stories of his ancestral Austria. Many of his best-loved paintings are of mountain scenes. His children include three artists, Mari Matto, of Fremont, CA."Schatz" Robideaux, of San Leandro, CA. and the late Ray Schmitt, of Hayward, Ca.His work was exhibited in several San Francisco galleries, including De Young, and in the Chicago World's Fair, and New York. His murals are in various California churches and public buildings. At present the Oakland Museum California History room has a permanent display of his painting called "Pipe City" which depicts the depression era encampment of homeless people living in large cement pipes in Oakland.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
May. 22, 2022
Paul Schmitt (1893-1983) American, Oil
Est: $200 - $400
Paul Schmitt (1893-1983) American, Oil. Signed lower left. Titled "Clarks Fork, Sonora Pass." Painter, watercolorist, illustrator and teacher, Paul Schmitt was born in Philadelphia, in 1893 and moved to San Francisco in 1898 where he lived until the 1906 earthquake took his family home. Paul Schmitt studied under Perham Wilhelm Nahl, at the California College of Arts and Crafts. He also learned various crafts, woodworking and carving skills from his father, Herman Schmitt, a German wood carver working in San Francisco. Herman's works are still found in various San Francisco public buildings including the city hall chambers and the garden court of the Palace Hotel. Overall size: 13 x 17 in. Sight size: 9 3/8 x 13 3/8 in. Location B
Sarasota Estate Auction
Jun. 18, 2021
†Paul A. Schmitt (1893-1983, American), "Still Life of Flowers and Fruit," 20th c., oil on canvas, signed lower right, presented in a..
Est: $250 - $450
Paul A. Schmitt (1893-1983, American), "Still Life of Flowers and Fruit," 20th c., oil on canvas, signed lower right, presented in a faux gold leaf frame, H.- 17 in., W.- 47 in., Framed H.- 23 3/4 in., W.- 53 3/4 in.
Crescent City Auction Gallery
May. 09, 2021
†Paul A. Schmitt (1893-1983, American), "Still Life of Flowers and Fruit," 20th c., oil on canvas, signed lower right, presented in a..
Est: $300 - $500
Paul A. Schmitt (1893-1983, American), "Still Life of Flowers and Fruit," 20th c., oil on canvas, signed lower right, presented in a faux gold leaf frame, H.- 17 in., W.- 47 in., Framed H.- 23 3/4 in., W.- 53 3/4 in.
Crescent City Auction Gallery
Feb. 20, 2021
Painting, Paul Schmitt
Est: $500 - $700
Paul Schmitt (American, 1893-1983), Bucking Bronco, oil on canvas, signed lower left, overall (with frame): 19"h x 25"w
Clars Auctions
Jun. 14, 2020
Painting, Paul Schmitt
Est: $400 - $600
Paul Schmitt (California 1893-1983), "Point Richmond, Grey Day," oil on board, signed lower right, signed and titled verso, board: 12.5"h x 15.5"w, overall (with frame): 17.75"h x 21"w
Clars Auctions
Feb. 22, 2020
Watercolor, Paul Schmitt
Est: $100 - $200
Paul Schmitt (American, 1893-1983), Untitled (Shack), watercolor, signed lower right, overall (with frame): 11"h x 12.5"w. Provenance: Estate of Edan Hughes (San Francisco, CA)
Clars Auctions
Jan. 18, 2020
Watercolor, Paul Schmitt
Est: $200 - $400
Paul Schmitt (American, 1893-1983), Untitled (Shack), watercolor, signed lower right, overall (with frame): 11"h x 12.5"w. Provenance: Estate of Edan Hughes (San Francisco, CA)
Clars Auctions
Sep. 15, 2018
Painting, Paul Anton Schmitt
Est: $300 - $500
Paul Anton Schmitt (American, 1893-1983), Crashing Surf, oil on canvas, signed lower left, overall (with frame): 21"h x 25"w. Provenance: Estate of Edan Milton Hughes (San Francisco, CA)
Clars Auctions
Aug. 11, 2018
Painting, Paul Anton Schmitt
Est: $400 - $600
Paul Anton Schmitt (American, 1893-1983), Crashing Surf, oil on canvas, signed lower left, overall (with frame): 21"h x 25"w. Provenance: Estate of Edan Milton Hughes (San Francisco, CA)
Clars Auctions
Jul. 15, 2017
Painting, Paul Schmitt
Est: $300 - $500
Paul Schmitt (American, 1893-1983), High Sierra, oil on board, signed lower right, titled verso, overall (with frame): 22"h x 26"w. Provenance: Estate of Edan Milton Hughes (San Francisco, CA)
Clars Auctions
Sep. 19, 2015
Paul Schmitt, American (1893-1983), Steps on a mountain path, 1935, oil on board,
Est: $300 - $500
Paul Schmitt American (1893-1983) Steps on a mountain path, 1935, oil on board, signed and dated lower left, gilt-framed.
Link Auction Galleries
Oct. 06, 2013
Painting, Paul Anton Schmitt, California Coastal Scene
Est: $600 - $800
Paul Anton Schmit (Californian, 1893-1983), California Coastal Scene, oil on canvas, signed lower right, canvas: 25"h x 32"w, overall (with frame): 32.25"h x 39"w
Clars Auctions
Dec. 04, 2010
Painting, Paul Anton Schmitt, San Miguel
Est: $100 - $200
Framed oil on board, ''NO 12 S. Miguel,'' by Paul Anton Schmitt (Californian, 1893-1983), signed ''Paul A. Schmitt SWA'' lower left, sight: 14''h x 18''w, overall: 18.5''h x 22.5''w
Clars Auctions
Sep. 12, 2010
Painting, Paul Anton Schmitt, San Miguel
Est: $700 - $900
Framed oil on board, ''NO 12 S. Miguel,'' by Paul Anton Schmitt (Californian, 1893-1983), signed ''Paul A. Schmitt SWA'' lower left, sight: 14''h x 18''w, overall: 18.5''h x 22.5''w
Clars Auctions
Jan. 25, 2009
PAUL ANTON SCHMITT (American, 1893-1983) Sierra
Est: $600 - $800
PAUL ANTON SCHMITT (American, 1893-1983) Sierra Nevada Oil on board 19 x 22-3/4 inches (48.3 x 57.8 cm) Signed lower left: Paul Schmitt
Heritage Auctions
Aug. 17, 2008
Paul Anton Schmitt (American, 1893-1983) Eastern Sierras near Bridgeport California 18 x 24in
Est: $800 - $1,200
Eastern Sierras near Bridgeport California signed 'Paul A. Schmitt' (lower right) oil on board 18 x 24in
Bonhams