David Alois Schmid (1791 - 1861) — Auction price
Lot 3002 Schmid, David Alois (Schwyz 1791–1861 Schwyz)
David Alois Schmid (1791 - 1861) 
A170: Schweizer Kunst 
David Alois Schmid
09.02.1791 - 02.04.1861
David Alois Schmid was a Swiss painter, draftsman and graphic artist.
David studied painting in Lucerne and at the Johann Heinrich Bleuler artists' colony in Feuertalen, in Zurich he worked on costume paintings. But he became known for his vedute paintings of landscapes and urban views of central and eastern Switzerland. Schmid also made watercolors.
Together with his brothers, the painters Franz Schmid (1796-1851) and Martin Schmid (1786-1842), he earned money by selling numerous gouaches and watercolor drawings of picturesque places in Switzerland to wealthy tourists. The engraver Franz Hegi (1774-1850) and others made engravings based on his paintings, many of which have survived to this day.
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A170: Schweizer Kunst
Date: 22.09.2023 10:00 UTC +01:00
Number of lots in the catalog: 335