Harold von Schmidt

In 1920 and 1924, he was on the United States Olympic Rugby team, along with his cousin Charles Lee Tilden Jr.

Although the United States team won the gold medal both years, von Schmidt did not play in the only game in 1920,[1] and was sidelined by an injury in the final practice in 1924.

He moved to the suburban community of New Rochelle which was a well-known artist colony and home to many of the top commercial illustrators of the day such as Frank and J. C. Leyendecker and Norman Rockwell.

[2] Also in residence were Al Parker, Mead Schaeffer and Dean Cornwell, who, along with Tom Lovell and N. C. Wyeth would become leaders in the field.

Harold von Schmidt's work appeared primarily in magazines like, Collier's Weekly, Cosmopolitan, Liberty, The Saturday Evening Post, and Sunset.