Maurice Schmidt Art for Sale at Auction

b. 1936 -

Born in 1936, artist Maurice Schmidt grew up in New Braunfels, Texas. He earned his BFA from the University of Texas at Austin in 1958, followed by his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, MI in 1958. After graduation, Schmidt lived in central Texas and was a member of the San Antonio art community from 1958 to 1963, during which time he lectured at Our Lady of the Lake University.

In 1965, Schmidt began his teaching career in the Art Department at Texas A&M University, Kingsville, where he taught for over forty years, retiring in 2006 as Professor Emeritus in Art. Additionally, Schmidt served as an art critic for the Corpus Christi Caller Times from 1974 to 1989.