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Carl Schmitt in the media

 

In print and across the web you can find articles and podcasts discussing the life and work of Carl Schmitt. Here are a few of our favorites.


 
CatholicCulture.org

CatholicCulture.org

 
 

Episode 20: Carl Schmitt, Painter of Vision

by Thomas V. Mirus | Oct 17, 2018

In this episode Andrew de Sa, the Creative Director at the Carl Schmitt Foundation, shares the life and work of Carl Schmitt, an artist content to paint in obscurity for God.

WAG Magazine

WAG Magazine

Portrait of the artist as an unknown man

by Phil Hall | March 01, 2019

A journalist visits the studio of Carl Schmitt and is surprised by the work he finds and the man he encounters through them.

 
 
Aleteia.org

Aleteia.org

The Catholic artist Carl Schmitt’s enduring vision of beauty

by John Burger | Feb 09, 2019

An exploration of how one of the founders of the Silvermine artists community saw art and faith intimately connected.

 
 
 
WiltonBulletin.com

WiltonBulletin.com

Carl Schmitt "Resurrection" 1942

by Jane Stevenson

An article on Schmitt by Campion Hall Senior Research Fellow Jane Stevenson about Schmitt’s “Resurrection” which is part of the art collection of Campion Hall at the University of Oxford.

 
 

Foundation seeks to preserve, perpetuate artistic legacy

by Kendra Baker | Jan 01, 2019

A reporter from the Wilton Bulletin visits the studio of Carl Schmitt. Schmitt first bought land for a studio in Wilton in 1919 and spend most of his life in the quiet town.

 
 
CatholicHerold.com

CatholicHerold.com

Catholic creators to share methods

by Zoey Maraist | Oct. 10, 2018

An article and podcast interview leading up to the Foundations event Defining the Catholic Artist Today: A Symposium. The event hosted some of today’s leading Catholic artists as well as an audience of more that 200.

 
 
NewCanaanNewsOnline.com

NewCanaanNewsOnline.com

Artist’s grandson delves into Silvermine’s history

by Erin Kayata | 7/12/17

Samuel Schmitt’s grandfather, Carl, was one of the artisans in the original Silvermine artist’s colony. Samuel Schmitt’s recent book, “Silvermine,” tells the story of the neighborhood through photos.

 
TheWayofBeauty.org

TheWayofBeauty.org

The Paintings of an American Catholic Master, Carl Schmitt

by David Clayton| May 17, 2013

Scholar David Clayton examines the Deposition a painting by Carl Schmitt and the need to balance the general and the particular characteristics of the person in sacred art.

 
 
DappledThings.org

DappledThings.org

Eclipse

by Carl Schmitt Jr. | Jan. 01, 2007

This article written by the artists’ son Carl Schmitt Jr. appeared in the quarterly Dappled Things. Carl Jr. reflect on one of his Father’s most mysterious and enchanting paintings, The Eclipse.

 
 
https://www.pnreview.co.uk/

https://www.pnreview.co.uk/

Inside Cover Portrait: Hart Crane 

by David C. Ward | Feb. 2011

A short article from PNR (Poetry Nation Reveiw) about Carl Schmitt’s mentorship of American Poet Hart Crane and the mysterious portrait the artist made of Crane that resides in National Poetry Gallery

 
 
American Gallery Blog

American Gallery Blog

Carl Schmitt (1889 – 1989)

American Gallery Blog | April 29, 2012

Schmitt’s work featured on in the American Gallery Blog, a collection of American Painters.

 
 
askArt.com

askArt.com

Carl Schmitt (1889 - 1989)

askArt

Carl Schmitt’s page in askART, an artist directory with millions of worldwide artists' paintings and art - Auction records and results, artwork prices, valuations, signatures, images and ..

 
 
Wikipedia.org

Wikipedia.org

Carl Schmitt (artist)

Wikipedia

Carl Schmitt (May 6, 1889 – October 25, 1989) was an American painter, etcher, pastelist, and writer. Contents. 1 Life. 1.1 Education and early career; 1.2 ...

 
 
Connecticut WPA Art Inventory Project

Connecticut WPA Art Inventory Project

Schmitt, Carl (1889-1989)

Connecticut WPA Art Inventory Project

Carl Schmitt’s work in the WPA Art Inventory - a “catalogue of Connecticut Federal Art Project Artists and their work.”