Carl Ludwig Schmitz

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Carl Ludwig Schmitz (born September 9, 1900 in Metz , † 1967 in New York ) was a German-American sculptor .

Life

From the winter semester of 1921/1922 Schmitz was trained at the Munich Art Academy under Joseph Wackerle and Albert Hahn in the field of sculpture. In 1923 he emigrated to New York, where he attended the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design and then worked as a sculptor until his death in 1967. He preferred religious and allegorical themes, which he often executed in terracotta . He was awarded several times for his works, for example at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1937 with a gold medal and the George D. Widener Memorial Medal . The Smithsonian American Art Museum preserves two of his works.

Schmitz is often confused with the 19th century Düsseldorf landscape painter of the same name who signed CL Schmitz . CL Schmitz is proven in 1858 as a pupil at the age of 41 at the Art Academy Düsseldorf in the landscape class of Hans Fredrik Gude .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Carl L. Schmitz | Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 13, 2020 (American English).
  2. ↑ 00053 Karl Schmitz, Matikelbuch 5, 1919–1931, p. 34. in the matriculation database of the AdBK Munich.
  3. ^ Schmitz, Carl Ludwig . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 4 : Q-U . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1958, p. 203 .
  4. ^ Acta regarding the student lists of the Royal Art Academy in Düsseldorf. Vol. III, 1853 to March 16, 1871, p. 134 ( Landesarchiv NRW )
  5. ^ Carl Ludwig Schmitz (* 1818). In: Museum Kunstpalast : Artists from the Düsseldorf School of Painting. P. 105 (PDF).
personal data
SURNAME Schmitz, Carl Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Metz
DATE OF DEATH 1967
Place of death new York