The Quiet Discipline of Emil Schmid Born in St. Pölten, Austria, Emil Schmid lived a life defined by a dual commitment to education and the visual arts. His early years were marked by a transition from the classroom to the complexities of war, serving as a meteorologist for the German Luftwaffe. This period of service, which included deployments at various airfields in the Soviet Union, was interrupted by a harrowing experience of cap…