Julius Schmidt-Felling

[4] He sculpted a number of pieces featuring young children in primarily the Dutch colonial style.

[5] The majority of Schmidt-Felling's work was cast in bronze and most pieces can be classified as being within the realism or Art Nouveau genres.

Late in his career, however—during the Art Deco era—he produced a number of chryselephantine sculptures[1] whereby both ivory and bronze were used together in the casting and construction process.

Fellow German sculptors Ferdinand Preiss and Franz Iffland were also successful with this mix of production materials during their careers.

A large number of Schmidt-Felling’s bronzes, many cast at the NBW foundry in Berlin, feature partial and full nudity.