Martin Johann Schmidt (1718-1801)

• Called Kremser Schmidt or Kremserschmidt.
• Martin Johann Schmidt an Austrian painters.
• He was born at Grafenwörth, lower Austria, a son of the sculptor Johannes Schmidt.
• A pupil of Gottlieb Starmayr, he spent most of his life at Stein.
• Despite not having received formal academic training, in 1768 he was made a member of the imperial academy at Vienna due to his artistic merits.
• Primarily he painted devotional images for private devotion and churches, including a considerable number of large altar paintings.
• He died at Stein/Danube (now belonging to Krems an der Donau), aged 82.
• He was an important draughtsman and has left numerous etchings which clearly show Rembrandt's influence. 

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