Arthur John Fleischmann
Born 1896
Died 1990
Active: 1949 - 1989
Country of birth: Slovak Republic
Country of death: England
Sculptor
Born Bratislava. Worked in wide variety of media, developed innovative techniques with perspex. Studied sculpture in Prague, Vienna, Paris and Padua and taught in various institutions in Vienna, where he worked on various commissions. Also qualified as a medical doctor in 1921 at Prague University. Travelled and lived in South Africa 1936-37, Bali 1938, Australia 1939-48. Lived in London from 1948.
Commissions include: Public Library and Conservatoire of Music, Sydney 1941; Memorial Fountain for Government House in Canberra, Australia 1945; Miranda, Mermaid Fountain commissioned by Lockheed Hydraulic Brake Company, showed at SB 1951; The Twelve Apostles for Hagen, West Germany; Head, Philips headquarters, Eindhoven 1951-52; Diana and the Hounds for Diana House, London 1955; made series of works for various ocean liners, including Reina del Mar 1956.
Exhibitions include : Architectural Association, London 1956; LCC 1957; Royal Society of British Sculptors Open Air Exhibition, London 1957; Brussels International Exhibition 1958; regular exhibitor at Royal Academy from 1948 onwards.
Collections incude: Leeds City Art Galleries; Mestke Muzeum, Bratislava; Bratislava Municipal Art Gallery; State Library of New South Wales, Sydney.
Further reading: G.S. Sandilands, ‘Arthur J. Fleischmann – His Sculptures in Perspex’, in Studio, November 1956, Vol. 152, No. 764.
B. Read and P. Ward-Jackson, Arthur Fleischmann, a centennial celebration 1896-1990, Joanna Barnes Fine Arts, London, 6 October- 10 November 1996, (exh. cat.).
J. Barnes, (ed.), Bali through a Sculptor’s Eyes, Arthur Fleischmann, 1896-1990, Joanna Barnes Fine Arts, London, 5 October – 5 November 1994, (exh. cat.).
(from Whiteley)
There are further details on the Arthur Fleischmann Foundation website http://www.fleischmann.org.uk/ (accessed 7 January 2013)
Works
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Balinese mother
1951
Air Vice-Marshal Ronald Graham, CB, CBE, DSO, DSC, DFC
1951
Balinese man
1951
The Art Lover
1951 (Presumed)
£42
Sitting Girl
1951 (Presumed)
£26 5s.
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Twenty-Fifth, 1951
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1951
23 April 1951 - 2 June 1951
Institutional and Business Connections
Associate member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1949 - 1957
Fellow of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1957 - 1990
Personal and Professional Connections
Nominated by Charles Thomas Wheeler
1949
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors
Nominated by Muriel Wheeler
1949
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors
Sources
List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the One Hundred and Twenty-Second Exhibition, 1951
1951
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Annual Report of the Council, for the Year Ending 31 December 1949, to be Presented at the Forty-Sixth Annual General Meeting, 1950
February 1950
p. 3.
Citing this record
'Arthur John Fleischmann', 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=msib6_1208183598, accessed 04 Jun 2023]
