Uli Nimptsch RA
Born 22 May 1897
Died 2 January 1977
Active: 1951 - 1969
Country of birth: Germany
Country of death: England
Sculptor
Born Charlottenburg, Berlin. Sculptor of the human figure and portraits, predominantly in bronze. Studied at Applied Art School, Berlin 1915-17; Berlin Academy 1919-1926. Left Germany in 1931 for Rome, 1931-38 and Paris 1938-9. Settled in London 1939. A.R.A. 1958. R.A. 1967. Master of Royal Academy Sculpture School 1966-69.
Commissions include: Brendan Bracken, Times Building; Neighbourly Encounter, Bermondsey, London; statue of David Lloyd George for House of Commons, London, completed 1963.
Exhibitions include: Redfern Gallery, London 1942 (solo); LCC 1948, 54; Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool 1957; Royal Academy from 1957; LCC 1960.
Collections include: Tate Gallery; Arts Council; Leeds City Art Galleries.
Further reading: Uli Nimptsch R.A., Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1973, (exh. cat.).
Sculpture by Uli Nimptsch, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 12 April – 11 May 1957, (exh. cat.).
Biography from Whiteley (2001)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition, 1826-
1951 - 1969
Exhibited at the annual exhibition 2 times: 1951 (2 works) and 1969 (2 works).
Institutional and Business Connections
Elected ARA Royal Academy of Arts
24 April 1958 - 21 April 1967
Elected R.A. in 1967. See Popp and Valentine, \'Royal Academy of Arts Directory of Membership\', (1996), p. 89.
Elected RA Royal Academy of Arts
21 April 1967
Became a senior R.A. on the 31 December 1972. See Popp and Valentine, \'Royal Academy of Arts Directory of Membership\', (1996), p. 89.
Teacher of modeling at Royal Academy Schools
1966 - 1969
Listed as Master of the Sculpture School. See Popp and Valentine, \'Royal Academy of Arts Directory of Membership\', (1996), p. 89.
Sources
Directory of sculptors working and exhibiting in Britain in the 1950s, by Gillian Whiteley
2001
p. 25
Citing this record
'Uli Nimptsch RA', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib4_1254750302, accessed 31 May 2023]
