A two-venue retrospective exhibit of the late Robert J. Hauschild’s landscapes and still life paintings opens this weekend at the Garde Arts Center and at the Studio 33 Art & Frame Gallery, both in New London.

The section of the exhibit at Studio 33, located at 140 Bank St., opens with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday. It remains on view through Dec. 31.

The Garde portion opens Sunday with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. and runs through Jan. 3. The exhibit at the Garde is available for viewing in the lobby from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and for the two hours before performances and film screenings.

Hauschild, who was born in 1941 in the Queens borough of New York City and died in 2012 in New London, learned his technical painting skills at an early age. He considered himself to be largely self-taught, and his early playground was around the Hudson River, with its ferries, tugs, railroads, bridges and lighthouses. The paintings he created later on often reflected what he knew, saw and enjoyed as a child.

Hauschild was an Army veteran who served in Vietnam. He retired from the U.S. Post Office as a rural carrier working primarily in the Stonington/Pawcatuck offices.

According to the exhibition press release, Hauschild “was a man of strong opinions and convictions. He was passionate about all aspects of his art, be it through teaching, judging, or exhibiting.”

One of his passions was trains, and several of his most dramatic pieces are intricate watercolors of steam locomotives. He was the cover artist of Locomotive Quarterly for eight years.

His paintings have been reproduced on four New London Main Street posters, and two of his works appeared on the cover and back plate of the Historic Waterfront District Map & Guide of New London. He was active in the local art community, donating his works to local nonprofits, and teaching art classes through New London Adult Education.

He was a member of many art societies, and his works were exhibited throughout the region, including in one-man shows at the Alexey von Schlippe Gallery, the Mystic Arts Center, the Slater Memorial Museum, the Mystic Seaport Museum, and Oliver Jensen Gallery at Valley Railroad in Essex.