1900-1967

Born in the French city of Metz, then part of Germany, Carl Ludwig Schmitz studied at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. He immigrated to the US in 1923, continuing his studies at the Beaux- Arts Institute of Design in New York. Throughout his career, Schmitz had exhibitions at several prestigious institutions, such as the Architectural League, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum and the National Academy. He also received many awards for his work, including a gold medal from the 1937 International Exposition in Paris, the George D. Widener Memorial Medal for his relief sculpture "Foreign Trade," and a National Sculpture Society Award in 1945 for his model of Our Lady of Victory. At the 1939 World's Fair, his sculpture "Drama" was part of the Court of Peace façade of the Hall of Nations. Schmitz also became an instructor at the National Academy of Design, and was later a fellow and secretary of the National Sculpture Society. He lived in New York all his life and had a studio at 246 W 80th St. Photo: "Woman and Child" by Carl Schmitz.