Ruth Schmidt

Ruth Schmidt’s studio in Budapest, Hungary.

Born in Transylvania in 1982, today Ruth lives and works in Budapest (Hungary). If they ask her how long she has been painting, she would say since 2017, even though she started earlier, attending several drawing and painting classes. These years before 2017, she prefers to call “experiments.” The breakthrough happened in 2017, when she met a wonderful artist, her Master, Kalman Gasztonyi and she began to learn the mysteries of classical oil painting. The years 2017-2021 she calls ‘The Learning Years’ in which she produced vast amount of study paintings in many styles.

She particularly likes the works of Piet Mondrian, Andy Warhol, Salvador Dali, Albert Bierstadt, Rembrandt van Rijn, Karoly Marko …. The names bear witness she enjoyed experimenting with different styles and techniques. These can be seen mainly in her eclectic study paintings, where she uses a mixture of features from various ages, styles, and trends. Her admiration for Warhol and Mondrian can be seen in her pop art and Mondrian-inspired geometric figurative paintings. Her search for a way can be seen in her paintings during these days. In 2020 she started to paint her paintings on symbolist and surrealist themes, in realistic style. She found herself in them.

Ruth is feature on the 13th edition of the Art Seen Magazine, Autumn 2024. See details here.

Visit the artist’s website: www.ruthschmidt.com