Afterward, he entered the Imperial Academy of Arts in Vienna, where his work was recognized and where he received many prizes.

His manly bearing, his fondness for athletic exercise, his straightforwardness, and particularly his quick and vivid mind, made him one of the most promising pupils of the Academy.

He was the kind of young man in every respect that I should like my son to be; for with his coming a new ideal, striving, entered the hearts of the other students.

[3] In 1887 when the competition for the Soldiers and Sailors Monument began, Bruno Schmitz, who was first commissioned for the work realized he needed to bring Schwarz to Indianapolis.

About working as an artist, Schwarz says: "It requires some nerve for a young man to choose art as a career.