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Schmalz was born in England to a German father and an English mother. He studied painting, at the South Kensington Art School and later at the Royal Academy Schools, where he studied with Frank Dicksee, Stanhope Forbes and Arthur Hacker. He went on to study at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp.
After his return to London he made a name for himself as a history painter, with a style influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites and orientalism. He exhibited in the exhibitions at the Royal Academy, London, from 1879 to 1918.
After a voyage to Jerusalem in 1890 he made a series of paintings with New Testament topics. After 1895 Schmalz increasingly painted portraits.
In 1918, after Germany was defeated in World War I, he changed his name to Herbert Gustave Carmichael.
Born: 1856
Died: 1935
Gender: Male