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Herbert Gustave Schmalz
English painter (1856–1935)
Herbert Gustave Schmalz, known as Herbert Carmichael after 1918 (1 June 1856, Newcastle – 21 November 1935, London)[1] was an English painter.
"Utterly hostile to impressionism", he was noted for his Christian art.[2]
Life
Schmalz was born at Ryton, North East England in 1856, the son of Margaret and Gustave Schmalz. His father was a merchant, and later Prussianconsul in Newcastle upon Tyne, whilst his mother was the eldest daughter of painter James Wilson Carmichael.[3][4] He was educated at Durham School.[5][6] He received a conventional education in painting, first at the South Kensington Art School and later at the Royal Academy of Arts, where he studied with Frank Dicksee, Stanhope Forbes and Arthur Hacker.
He perfected his studies in Antwerp at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts.[7][additional citation(s) needed]
After his return to L