page_title: Julius Schmidt-Felling
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Julius Schmidt-Felling / Early life
caption_attribution_description: English: A circa 1890 bronze sculpture of a girl holding flowers by German sculptor Julius Paul Schmidt-Felling (1835-1920).
context_page_description: Julius Paul Schmidt-Felling was a German sculptor who worked during the mid-to-late 19th century and early 20th century. The subject matter of his work was wide and varied. He produced, among others, bronze statues of heroic warriors, athletes, blacksmiths, and farmers. A number of his sculptures of young children were in the Dutch colonial style, some being whimsical in nature.
context_section_description: Schmidt-Felling was born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, in 1835. Little is known about his life other than the artwork he produced during an illustrious sculpting career that spanned more than 60 years.
caption: Schmidt-Felling bronze statue, cast c. 1890, of a Dutch girl holding flowers
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