Paul Zunterstein
Born 1921
Died 1968
Active: 1946 - 1967
Country of birth: Austria
Country of death: Scotland
Sculptor
Arrived in Scotland in 1938 to study sculpture at the GSA (1946-1950). Later taught there and exhibited at the RSA and the RGIFA from 1950 to 1968. In 1953, a mother and child group in reinforced cement for a primary school at Milton in the Chirnsyde area of Glasgow caused a lively debate and was threatened with removal because the figures were in the nude. However, the council's Education Committee eventually decided the work could remain. During the proceedings, Douglas Percy Bliss, the principal of Glasgow School of Art described Zunterstein as 'one of the best students they had had at the school of art for years.' The registration of Zunterstein's death suggests he was visiting London when he died.
Institutional and Business Connections
Studied at The Glasgow School of Art
1946 - 1950
Teacher at The Glasgow School of Art
Joined the teaching staff, probably during the 1950s
Sources
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2007
2007
Name: ZUNTERSTEIN, Paul
Registration district: Chelsea
County: London
Year of registration: 1968
Quarter of registration: Apr-May-Jun
Age at death:46
Volume no: 5A
Page no: 621
Public Sculpture of Glasgow Public Sculpture of Britain Volume Five
2002
pp. 8-9 and 502
The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985
2008
Statue Veiled At A Glasgow School.
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.
The Times (London, England), Monday, Nov 16, 1953; pg. 4; Issue 52780. (266 words)
Category: News
Citing this record
'Paul Zunterstein', 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_1232380413, accessed 24 Sep 2023]
