Karen Schmidt: Granddaughter of Santa Fe Artist Albert Schmidt - Epi. 290, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

One of the great things about this job is that sometimes these
things come in that are just wonderful gifts. One of those gifts
happened  to come in today, and her name is Karen Schmidt.
Karen's grandfather was Albert Schmidt, who was a very famous
Santa Fe painter.

She came in with a large collection of paintings that she found
in Albert's house after her grandmother passed in 1989. The house
is not just any old house either. it's a house that was built and
designed by artist William Pennhallow Henderson. It’s an
important house. In fact, it’s a historical landmark and it's in
Tesuque, NM. 

So she comes in, I’m looking at the paintings and I’m thinking,
wow, this is amazing.  These paintings came with her
grandfather’s house, and they somehow end up with me. Now I get
the opportunity to sell this segment of the Albert Schmidt estate
and it’s a very unique and rewarding thing that can happen as a
dealer.

It's sort of a dream situation when you have that opportunity and
I thought I would share it. So we sat down together for a little
bit and recorded the conversation. It’s not a very long podcast,
but it’s meaningful and just know that when you’re seeing this,
it is in the moment of when I’m meeting her for the first time
and seeing these paintings for the first time.

I knew who Albert Schmidt was. I’ve had his paintings. I love his
paintings. So it’s a nice little inside scoop of how this
collection became available and how it got to Medicine Man
Gallery. Anyhow,  I just wanted to share it with you and I
hope you enjoy. This is Art Dealer Diaries Podcast featuring
Karen Schmidt, speaking on the paintings of her grandfather,
Albert Schmidt.