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Unknown title, Peter Schmidt, watercolor painting, 1979

(Provenance unknown) Image from the slides sent by Sarah Haffner.

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Peter often went walkabout on the Isle of Skye, off the coast of Scotland when he lived there for a short while in 1979. He found the color of the terrain very muted, and after a time, almost devoid of color. I feel this may be a painting he did as a result of his time spent there.

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Peter Schmidt, still life...

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Unknown title, Peter Schmidt, watercolor painting, 1975-80

(Provenance unknown) Image from the slides printed by Sarah Haffner.

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Landscape with sun and clouds...

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Unknown title, Peter Schmidt, watercolor painting, 1973-80
(Collection of Esme) Image from the slides printed by Sarah Haffner.
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"Clouds over the sea"...

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"Clouds over the sea", Peter Schmidt, watercolor painting, 1973-80

(From the collection of Sarah Haffner) A Dauer-leihgabe, on indefinitely long loan from Simon.

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"London Houses(at the edge of the world)"

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"London Houses (at the edge of the world)", Peter Schmidt, watercolor, 1975-79
(Provenance unknown) Image from the slides sent by Sarah Haffner.
Note: This is a new image of a work that is already in the archive.
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Reminiscent of the grouping of houses where Peter, Esme and Brian Eno's old friend Tim Gordon lives, built in the 1700's, situated west of London on the Thames River, and indeed appear to be at the edge of the world. A superlative work...
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Dark waters...

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Unknown title, Peter Schmidt, watercolor painting, 1974-80

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Reflection of a mountain...

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Unknown title, Peter Schmidt, watercolor painting, 1979
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Deep waters...

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Unknown Title, Peter Schmidt, watercolor painting, 1975-80
(Collection of the Schmidt Family) Image from slides printed by Sarah Haffner.
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Rainy landscape with wallpaper...

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Unknown Title, Peter Schmidt, watercolor painting, 1974-80

(Provenance unknown) Image is from slides sent by Sarah Haffner.

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Landscape with trees and a stream...

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Unknown title, Peter Schmidt, watercolor painting, 1973-80

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Breaking waves, rocky beach...

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Unknown Title, Peter Schmidt, watercolor painting, 1975-80
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Sunset on a calm sea...

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Unknown Title, Peter Schmidt, watercolor painting, 1975-80

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Peter seems to have mastered the delicate texture of the sea.

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Waves in a dense fog...

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Unknown Title, Peter Schmidt, watercolor painting, 1975-80

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Peter Schmidt, new and rediscovered images...

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"Raimund's Painting(a gift from Peter)", Peter Schmidt, watercolor painting, 1975-80
(Collection of Sarah Haffner)
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We have graciously been sent over 50 images of Peter's work from his sister Sarah, who lives and works as an artist in Berlin. Some of these images are already in the collection, but are of a much better quality, some will be seen here for the first time as is this one. These images were made from slides that have been with her for many years, and some were made from the original paintings which are in her home. Over the coming weeks I will be posting them here, and eventually add them to the permanent archive at http://www.peterschmidtweb.com/.
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"The larger sea landscape of which I'm afraid I have no title was a painting Peter gave to my father. It hung opposite his bed and was there to console him while he was dying. My father was very fond of Peter who was three years old when my parents got to know each other." Heretofore, and until we are told otherwise, this painting shall be known as "Raimund's Painting(a gift from Peter)".
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My very deep thanks to Sarah for sharing this group of images with our community.
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Peter Schmidt, Beaux Arts Gallery, 1961

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Exhibition Catalogue, Peter Schmidt at the Beaux Arts Gallery, London, 1961

(Collection of John Emr)

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This was Peter's first one man exhibition. Among the works shown, was the oil painting "Ruth Reading", painted in 1961, and featured here at the PeterSchmidtWebBlog a few weeks ago.

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Home of Peter Schmidt - a view from New York City...

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"Ruth Reading", Peter Schmidt, oil on canvas with heavy impasto, 1961

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Peter Schmidt - Balloon Sounds..

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Peter Schmidt producing

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the Boyle Family at

the Cochrane Theatre,

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Peter Schmidt - Whitechapel Gallery, 1975

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Peter Schmidt at work on ‘People Walk on People’, Ink and Acrylic on dress, wall, banister and stairs, Whitechapel Gallery, London, 1975. From a group exhibition he shared with his students from the Watford School of Art.
"Painting on Clothes" ran from 9 September – 19 October .
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Special thanks to Whitechapel's esteemed archivist, Mr. Gary Haines.
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Cycloids IV and V in New York City...

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Cycloid IV/Cycloid V(Artist Proofs), Peter Schmidt, lithograph, 1966

(Collection of John Emr)

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Recently acquired from Dominic Kemp, the extraordinary modern art dealer of London. http://www.dominickemp.co.uk/

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Taking Tiger Mountain - print #575...

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Taking Tiger Mountain(#575 of 1500), Peter Schmidt, silk screen print,1974
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Mark Boyle & Peter Schmidt...

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"Son et Lumiere", performance poster, 1966
(unknown provenance)








Peter Schmidt working the reel to reel
tapes during "Son et Lumiere"
performance, Jeanetta Cochrane
Theatre, London, March 1966
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Joan Hills, Mark Boyle, and Esme,
on stage at the Cochrane Theatre, 1966
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Joan Hills, Mark Boyle, Esme, Peter Schmidt,
rear to front, "Son et Lumiere", 1966
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While researching for PeterSchmidtWeb, I discovered the association of Peter and Mark Boyle. Aside from being tutors at Watford, they were collaborators and friends. The work of Mark Boyle and his partner/wife Joan Hills, ultimately The Boyle Family(with the inclusion at birth of Sebastian and Georgia)and the thoughts behind it are very much grounded in reality, and all encompassing in it's very nature. Discovering The Boyle Family is one of the richest gifts I recieved in my endeavors. From The Boyle Family website is a description of a situation that arose during one of the performances of "Son et Lumiere" at the Jeanetta Cochrane Theatre in London, 1966:

"The whole performance was accompanied by the sound of heart-beats, soft when used as background for other body sounds and loud as main theme, for instance with the presentation of blood. These heartbeats led to an amusing incident. Because difficulties had been encountered with the contact microphones during the preparations, Boyle had suggested that they make a tape of his heartbeats to keep as a standby in case the mike cut out. At the last moment, he remembered that they hadn't made the tape. Peter Schmidt was in charge of the sound department and he said he had managed to get an LP of heartbeats. The contact mike did break down and the LP was used. During the applause at the end, while the audience was swarming over the stage, a man from the audience said to Boyle: 'I don't wish to alarm you but are you aware that you have every known form of heart disease?"

I met Sebastian Boyle in late 2007, when he was here in New York with one of The Boyle Family works at an exhibition. Many thanks to The Boyle Family for their support, and for sharing these photos. Currently, The Boyle Family is exhibiting the "Barcelona Site", from the generation spanning "World Series", in London. Between August 1968 and summer 1969, 1000 sites were chosen at random by visitors to the artists’ studio and the exhibition, "Journey to the Surface of the Earth", which launched the project at the Institute of Contemporary Art. I recommend checking out their website, and trying to visit this show. http://www.boylefamily.co.uk/
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Advertisement for Curwen Gallery Exhibition, from Arts Review, January 1966

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From "A Meeting With Kali"...

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"A Meeting With Kali", Peter Schmidt, two random pages

Self published by Peter Schmidt, London, 1975

(from the collection of Jasia Reichardt)

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We have about a dozen more images from this book, and "Sketchmaps" which have yet to be presented here at PeterSchmidtWeb. There's plenty going on in these drawings, so have a close look...

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Peter Schmidt "Flikker Book 7"...

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"Flikker Book 7", Peter Schmidt, a flip book

Published by Editions Alecto, London,1973

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