David Alois Schmid (1791 - 1861)

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David Alois Schmid

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.

Date and place of birt:9 february 1791, Schwyz, Switzerland
Date and place of death:2 april 1861, Schwyz, Switzerland
Period of activity: XIX century
Specialization:Artist, Draftsman, Graphic artist, Painter
Genre:Cityscape, Genre art, Mountain landscape, Landscape painting, Rural landscape
Art style:Romanticism
Technique:Watercolor
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