A190 Fisherman’s Shack (Man with nets) transparent watercolor by the late Scottsdale, Arizona artist William Bill Schimmel. The 22 x 30 original watercolor is framed.
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About the Artist
WILLIAM BERRY SCHIMMEL
(American 1906 – 1986)
An active artist and teacher in Arizona, William Schimmel painted watercolor desert landscapes and first taught art at Flagstaff. He became an instructor at the Gerry Peirce Watercolor School of Tucson and then was Director of the Schimmel School of Watercolor in Scottsdale. In 1958, he wrote a how-to book: Water Color, the Happy Medium.
Born in Olean, New York, he studied at Rutgers University in New Jersey, the National Academy of Design in New York City, and at the Maryland Institute of Art. He was a student of Gerry Pierce and Roy Mason. From 1935 to 1938, he was art director of a major advertising agency in New York City.
COLLECTIONS:
Walter Brimson Western Art Collection
EXHIBITIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS:
…American Artists Professional League
…National Academy of Design
…American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor
