2017 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction / Lot 168
168
Richard Schmid (1934 – 2021)
Alberta Falls, Rocky Mountain National Park (1992)
oil on canvas
30 × 40 inches
signed lower right
VERSO
Signed, titled, and “#2446”
The artist wrote, “I had my studio in the mountains of Colorado for most of the 1990s, which gave me ample time to explore and paint throughout most of the western states.”
This scenic 30-foot waterfall thunders down a small gorge on Glacier Creek. It is named after Alberta Sprague, wife of Abner Sprague, one of the original settlers in the Estes Park area.