HARVEY SCHMIDT
LIFE Magazine
Fourth Face of Eve
From Today’s Inspiration March 21, 2014 (Leif Peng): In early 1958 at the request of LIFE magazine. Schmidt was tapped to illustrate the true story of a woman with multiple split-personality disorder; the famous "Fourth Face of Eve."
Of this commission, Schmidt said, “This was an unusually interesting assignment for me. Even though the situations to be illustrated were presented by the editors, the main problem - to project the distorted and compulsive world of a woman who had lost contact with reality - was great." (Continue reading…)
National Purpose
In 1960, LIFE Magazine, in conjunction with The New York Times, published a series of essays on the topic of America’s “National Purpose”. Harvey’s artwork appeared alongside an essay by Adlai Stevenson entitled “Extend Our Vision to All Mankind”.
Illustrations for James Michener’s “Birth of Hawaii”
Published in LIFE Magazine, October 26, 1959
Received the New York Art Director’s Aware of Distinctive Merit
(Collection: Lore Noto)