Born 1880 Grulich/Bohemia

Architect and designer, pupil of Josef Hoffmann.

After 1901 Schmidt was designer at ‘Rudniker Werkstätten’ Prag, [wicker furniture], then Professor at ‘Zentralanstalt für Frauengewerbe’ in Vienna.

Member of ‘Österreichischer Werkbund’.

Ref.: V. J. Behal, Möbel des Wiener Jugendstil