Herbert Gustave Schmalz, known as Herbert Carmichael after 1918 (1 June 1856,

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– 24 November 1935,

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) was an English painter.

Life

Schmalz was born in England to the German Consul, Gustave Schmalz, and his English wife, Margaret Carmichael; eldest daughter of the painter,

James Wilson Carmichael James John Wilson Carmichael (9 June 1800 – 1868), also known as John Carmichael was a British marine painter. Life Carmichael was born at the Ouseburn, in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, on 9 June 1800, the son of William Carmichael, a ...

. He received a conventional education in painting, first at the South Kensington Art School and later at the

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, where he studied with

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. He perfected his studies in

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at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. After his return to London he made a name for himself as a history painter, with a style influenced by the

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and

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. In 1884 he successfully exhibited his painting ''Too Late'' at the Royal Academy. After a voyage to

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

in 1890 he made a series of paintings with

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topics, with ''Return from Calvary'' (1891) one of the best known. After 1895 Schmalz increasingly painted portraits. In 1900 he held a big solo exhibition named "A Dream of Fair Women" in the

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. Schmalz was friends with

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, Val Prinsep and

Frederic Leighton Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton, (3 December 1830 – 25 January 1896), known as Sir Frederic Leighton between 1878 and 1896, was a British painter, draughtsman, and sculptor. His works depicted historical, biblical, and classical subjec ...

. In 1918, after Germany was defeated in

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, he adopted his mother's maiden name.

Other selected paintings

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'' (1890) File:Herbert schmalz27.jpg, ''Rabboni'' (1896)

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Life

Other selected paintings

Further reading

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