Eric Schilsky Explained

Eric Schilsky, RA (born Eric Clare Telford Schilsky; October 1898 in Southampton, Hampshire, England; died 29 March 1974, Edinburgh) was a sculptor.^{[1] [2]}

Schooled in Geneva, and at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, he studied sculpture under Havard Thomas, at The Slade (1914–19) (interrupted by WW I service).^{[3] [4]}

He was married to the painter Victorine Foot.^[5]

Résumé

• Sculptor and lecturer, Westminster School of Art (1930s-1950s) and subsequently the Edinburgh College of Art (1950s-1970s)
• Elected ARA: 25 April 1957
• Elected RA: 26 April 1968
• Elected Senior RA: 31 December 1973^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Royal Academy of Arts Collections - Person. www.racollection.org.uk.
2. Web site: Sculpture - Schilsky, Eric - V&A Search the Collections. collections.vam.ac.uk.
3. Web site: Biography @ Eric Schilsky. ericschilsky.co.uk.
4. Web site: SCHILSKY Eric 1898-1974 - Artist Biographies. www.artbiogs.co.uk.
5. Web site: Eric Clare Telford Schilsky RA, RSA - Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951. sculpture.gla.ac.uk.