Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael 1856-1935

Before 1st June 1856 [his father] Gustave Schmalz and [his mother] Margaret Carmichael were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] James aka John Wilson Carmichael [aged 55] and [his grandmother] Mary Sweet [aged 52].

On 1st June 1856 Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael was born to Gustave Schmalz and Margaret Carmichael. His father was the German Consul to England. He studied at the South Kensington Art School and the Royal Academy of Arts, where he studied with Frank Dicksee [aged 2], Stanhope Forbes and Arthur Hacker.

1884. Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 27]. "Too Late".

1884. Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 27]. "The Temple of Eros".

1884. Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 27]. "Queen of the May".

1885. Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 28]. "Girl With a Red Umbrella".

1885. Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 28]. "Topsy".

1888. Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 31]. "Zenobia".

1888. Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 31]. "Imogen". Probably modelled by future wife, Edith Ellen Pullen [aged 22].

1889. Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 32]. "A Fair Beuaty". Probably a portrait of his wife, or future wife, Edith Ellen Pullen [aged 23].

On or after 24th April 1889, the date of the licence, Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 32] and Edith Ellen Pullen [aged 23] were married.

Around 1890. Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 33]. "A message of love"

1890. Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 33]. "Flowers of the Levant".

1890. Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 33]. "Celeste".

1890. Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 33]. "Nydia, the Blind Girl of Pompeii".

1891. Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 34]. "Return from Calvary".

1894. Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 37]. Portrait of Mrs Alec Tweedie (1862-1940).

In 1900 Edith Ellen Pullen [aged 34] died.

1900. Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 43]. Portrait of Emilie Charlotte Le Breton "Lily Langtry" [aged 46].

1911. Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 54]. "Faithful unto Death: 'Christianae ad Leones!'"

In 1918, in view of Germany's defeat in World War I, Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 61] changed his surname from Schmalz to his mother's surname Carmichael.

On 24th November 1935 Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 79] died.