Bernard Schottlander
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Bernard Schottlander was a British, Germany born, designer and sculptor.
and came as a Jewish refugee to Leeds
in 1939. He was a welder and plater and attented evening classes sculpture at Leeds School of Art. From 1949 - 1951 he studied industrial design at the Central School of Arts and Crafts
. From 1965 on he taught at Central Saint Martins in London.
Schottlander became a fulltime sculptor in 1963 and had his first solo exhibition in 1966 at the Hamilton Galleries. He lived in Oxfordshire
.
Life
Schottlander was born in 1924 in MainzMainz
Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire...
and came as a Jewish refugee to Leeds
Leeds
Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
in 1939. He was a welder and plater and attented evening classes sculpture at Leeds School of Art. From 1949 - 1951 he studied industrial design at the Central School of Arts and Crafts
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London. The school has an outstanding international reputation, and is considered one of the world's leading art and design institutions...
. From 1965 on he taught at Central Saint Martins in London.
Schottlander became a fulltime sculptor in 1963 and had his first solo exhibition in 1966 at the Hamilton Galleries. He lived in Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
.
Publication
- Indoors and Outdoors (No. 56): The Sculpture and Design of Bernard Schottlander. The Henry Moore Foundation, Leeds 2007
Works (selection)
- TorontoTorontoToronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
: November Pyramid (1967) in High ParkHigh ParkHigh Park is a municipal park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It spans , and is a mixed recreational and natural park, with sporting facilities, cultural facilities, educational facilities, gardens, playgrounds and a zoo. One third of the park remains in a natural state, with a rare oak savannah ecology... - London : South of the River (1976) at Becket House, Lambeth Palace Road
- Warwick : 3B Series I (1968) outside the Rooten Building, University of Warwick
- Milton Keynes : 3B Series No.2, 3B Series No.6 and 2MS Series No.4 (1968–70), Public Gardens
- TübingenTübingenTübingen is a traditional university town in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, on a ridge between the Neckar and Ammer rivers.-Geography:...
: Pyramid (BS-76) (1976), Konrad-Adenauerstraße