Background
He was born in Saint St. Petersburg to Russian-German parents Carl Friedrich and Olga Helena Schmidt.
He was born in Saint St. Petersburg to Russian-German parents Carl Friedrich and Olga Helena Schmidt.
Carl Schmidt studied at the Saint St. Petersburg Academy of Arts.
He is known as a representative of the "brick-style" and the early Art Nouveau in architecture. His villas and houses adorn the streets of Saint St. Petersburg. In autumn 1918 the Schmidt family was forced to leave Russia.
In Germany, he could not follow on his architectural work.
He died in 1945 in Magdeburg.
