Richard Schmid (born 1934) is an American realist painter and author who received classical training from William H. Mosby at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. His awards include the John Singer Sargent Medal for Lifetime Achievement from the American Society of Portrait Artists, the Gold Medal from the Portrait Society of America, and he received an honorary doctorate degree from the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts in Old Lyme, CT. He is the author of several books including Alla Prima, Everything I Know about Painting and has made several instructional videos, currently released as DVDs.