Comments on: Richard Schmid

By: june gibson

june gibson — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 17:59:32 +0000

hello, i’m searching for an inexpensive shelfworn copy pf alla prima everything i know about painting by richard schmid.

i am a fledgling artist trying to devolop “my stlye” and i think this is it.

if you know of a copy i could get please email me at gran823@yahoo.com

thanks

By: Charley Parker

Charley Parker — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:13:03 +0000

Thanks for your comments, Bob.

Speaking of “A bit more research and less supposing…”, If you read the article, you’ll see that my comment was not that his books are not widely distributed, but that Amazon and similar online booksellers do not generally sell new copies of Alla Prima directly, instead referring buyers to used booksellers who want unreasonable prices for a book that can be ordered new, and at a reasonable price, from Schmid’s own site.

By: Bob Zorn

Bob Zorn — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:10:18 +0000

Brian, let me clarify for you. Galleries indeed buy ads. Normally, the cost of each ad is shared between artist/gallery. Additionally, Richard Schmid has been exhibiting in museums for 25 years. His work has been in magazines for that long too, almost always on the cover everytime there’s an article. Lastly, as he runs nearly all his sales today himself (Westwind)and he does advertise-his books and DVDs. How many articles and Schmid covers do you count for Art of the West in the last 25 years?

By: Bob Zorn

Bob Zorn — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:01:01 +0000

Someone said Schmids books don’t seem to be widely distributed and mentioned Amazon. His books have been printed in a about 12-15 languages and the only reason you don’t see them on Amazon is that no one wants to sell them and the resale value holds almost as high as new. Once the printing is stopped as with his first books-the used value far exceeds new. A bit more research and less supposing would help this site.

By: J Raspen

J Raspen — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:37:14 +0000

I was googling and found this blog and conversation about SmartFlix. This comment:
“She has confirmed what has been suggested by others, that SmartFlix uses a legal loophole to avoid paying any royalties to the artists or creators of the videos, as would be expected with normal video rentals.”

…mischaracterizes what SmartFlix is doing. They are not exploiting a “loophole”. The law explicitly states that the owner of a particular copy of a copyrighted work video may dispose of it as (s)he sees fit. The law has been in place since 1908 so it shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone.

Also, the “normal” video rental stores do NOT pay royalties to movie studios. Sometimes there are arrangements whereby a rental store gets free videos in exchange for royalties, or gets copies earlier than the public can. But any store could go down to Wal-Mart, buy the videos and rent them royalty free.

By: Charley Parker

Charley Parker — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:56:41 +0000

At the request of Molly Schmid, Richard Schmid’s daughter, I have removed the passage in which I suggested renting from SmartFlix. She has confirmed what has been suggested by others, that SmartFlix uses a legal loophole to avoid paying any royalties to the artists or creators of the videos, as would be expected with normal video rentals.

I will not recommend (or personally use) Smartflix in the future.

By: L.W.Simons

L.W.Simons — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:17:51 +0000

Hi folks, been doing some online research about illegal DVD copies and saw this post. I paint with Richard on a regular basis, and he actually says all the stuff in his book and DVD’s … repeatedly.

It takes a while for things to sink in. We all do his color charts, and so does he periodically. We use our charts while we paint – makes it easy to match color of what we’re painting from life.

Anyway, recently, there is someone on Ebay is who illegally copying and selling DVDs done by famous artists and selling them inexpensively. I’m inclined to order one just to catch the thief.

Has anyone ordered art DVD’s from Ebay and gotten what seemed to be an illegal copy? Please let me know.

Lori

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:43:24 +0000

Thank Charley for your beautiful Website and your wonderful posts. I keep eagerly checking it day after day and learn so much from it. This is how I discovered Schmid and ordered his Alla Prima book. I had it sent to France and it took about 3 weeks to arrive. I’ve just leafed through it this morning and can only say it’s very promising!