KURT SCHMIDT ART STUDIO : History & Business .
EXHIBITIONS : SEE BELOW
Paintings in : PRIVATE ART COLLECTIONS : Costa Rica , Mexico , Paris France , Scotland , Tokyo Japan & Throughout the United States .
Family History : English , Irish , Scotch , Danish - The brief story : A shipbuilders family in Denmark ( Schmidt ) , followed their dreams and built a sailing vessel , Age 17 or 18 !... sailing around South America and up to San Francisco & then to Los Angeles , California . A dairy farm was started in the grassy valley by a nice river in Los Angeles. ( Where since then is now Wilshire Boulevard and across from The Ambassador Hotel sight area ) .The brothers sailed back to Denmark for their families , then circled back to Los Angeles .
The Schmidt Brothers ( sons ) , became well known and famous fine clothing design tailors . Hugo for the Businessmen of downtown L.A. , and Eddie Schmidt for fine Men's and Women's clothing of the Movie stars and industry . Movies such as " Gone With The Wind " and many others , are examples of the high quality .
Movie Industry clients were Clark Gable , Douglass Fairbanks Sr. & Jr. , Robert Montgomery , Ron Cooper , Robert Coleman , Lawrence Olivier , Fred Astaire , Jimmy Stewart , Bing Crosby , Tyrone Power , Spencer Tracy , William Powell , John Wayne , Will Rogers , Charlie Chaplin , Groucho Marx , Robert Taylor & Joseph Cotton . The Women stars also liked Schmidt designs : Marlene Dietrich , Katherine Hepburn , Carole Lombard & Gloria Swanson . Besides design studios , Schmidt set up offices in MGM , FOX and PARAMOUNT . LB Meyer from MGM wore Schmidt and Sam Goldwyn from United Artists also . Outside the industry , others such as The Prince of Wales , Joseph Kennedy , Whitneys' ,Vanderbilts' , Duponts' , Charles Chrysler , and Ernest Hemingway enjoyed the clothing .
Hugo's son , Hugo ll , ( his Mother from Oklahoma ) , met Margaret Dunn from Deluth , Minnesota , in L.A , " a double date situation " , Mom said . " Eventually moving to Newport Beach and starting a successful dental practice & family . Margaret later became successful in interior design , gift store design and product buying ( Paris , San Francisco , Atlanta & New York buying ) , gift store owner , & management of stores . Hugo ll , my Father later adventured the world and also worked with the Peace corps with his wife Diana , & The air and space museum in Washinton DC. Hugo and Margarets' three children , Hugo lll , Kurt , and Mark Schmidt are all also interesting , talented , and successful in their own ways . ( For more interesting information on history , movie and music stars ) e-mail : kurtspaint@live.com .
...Short stories about Natalie Wood , Johnny Cash , and William Randolf Hearst .
Paintings , Exhibits and Collections :
Private Collections & exhibits in commercial spaces : member of Orange County Philharmonic , Nordstrom Department stores - Paintings . Ceramics Display , Nordstrom Entrance Window . " Abstract Color Field Paintings " Exhibitions at Pirets , South Coast Plaza .
Sur La Table - Newport Center - Fashion Island . Barney's New York , I Magnin , Mothers' Markets , Diedrich Coffee , James Albert Salon , Newport Beach . Haute Cakes - Newport Beach. Hair West - Newport Beach . Paintings at Paula Hanson , Newport Beach .
L.A. Business journal with Master MT 's office .
EXHIBITIONS
HAPPY GALLERY : 2017 - 18 901 B. CANYON ROAD , SANTA FE NEW MEXICO .
GALLERIE CORAZÓN - 2014 - 2015 Canyon Road , Santa Fe , New Mexico . Winter Season - " Heart series "
STUDIO GALLERY - Group exhibit - Bistango location 2010 & 2011 & 2016
STUDIO GALLERY - Bayside location - one person exhibit . 2005
Laguna Beach Museum of Art : Years of Art sales . In Auctions , participant . 1995
OCCCA - One person exhibit - Retrospect 70s' paintings - Hutton Centre .1990's .
Orange County Museum of Art : 1986 ( Previously Newport Harbor Art Museum ) Staff exhibit . Un official , yet officially fun and successful with Very nice Los Angeles Times Newspaper writeup .
NEW YORK , Manhattan : Off Broadway apartment flat : Abstract Paintings . 1980
CHARITY WORKS: Laguna Beach Shelter with Yolanda and Friends . - Animal Shelter Templeton - Atascadero with GK Designs and friends - Casa De Cuna with Studio Gallery .
SHERMAN LIBRARY AND GARDENS - Fine Art Paintings in Gift store .
Diedrich Coffee Houses -Theme Ambience , decorative painting and Fine Art Paintings - 25 Locations . One location , My personal individual color design , with huge positive results . 50 or 60 people winding out into the parking lot , just waiting to get into the establishment . Very exciting results .
Artwork & Decorative artwork with Design Groups : Authentic high end theme work-
PIERRE DEUX - Decorative Painting - Newport Beach and Beverly Hills .
Irvine Co., Koll Co. , Zimul , Gunzel and Frasca , FDG - Futas Design Group ,
Daniell Garr Designs , Janis Kerr & Associates , Gillian Kulp Designs , Hendy & Associates - Pac Tell Cellular and many , many , many others ......................., Maersk Shipping . Segerstrom Family.
University : University of California Santa Barbara Graduate , with Honors . Professors Cheryl Bowers , Doug Edge , Don Dudley and others - Art - Letters & Science .- Also a Participant of College of Creative Studies With Art Professors John McCraken , David Trowbridge , Tom Wudl , Doug Edge , Gregory Botts and others . Further studies in History of Architecture and Design . For more informative history - e-mail : kurtspaint@live.com Thank you .NEWSPAPER ARTICLES - " About the artist " : Three write ups in " THE LOS ANGELES TIMES : " Museum " "Studio " and " In the community ".
One write up in :THE BUSINESS JOURNAL .