Bruce Arnott

Bruce Arnott (15 September 1938 – July 19, 2018) was a South African sculptor, curator, educator and academic. He was a professor of Fine Arts at the University of Cape Town's Michaelis School of Fine Art. 'Numinous Beast', a 1979 sculpture by Arnott, Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town.

Early life Arnott was born on 15 September 1938 in KwaZulu-Natal. He graduated from the University of Cape Town, where he earned a bachelor's degree followed by a master's degree in Fine Arts.

Career Arnott was a prolific South African sculptor, predominantly making bronze sculptures. He also used "lead, resin, fibreglass, stone and wood."

His work is also to be found on the campuses of the University of Cape Town, the University of the Western Cape, and the University of the Witwatersrand, as well as in the collections of the 1820 Foundation (Grahamstown), the Rembrandt (Stuyvesant) Foundation (Stellenbosch), the Oppenheimer Foundation (Brenthurst Library, Johannesburg).

Arnott worked at the Iziko South African National Gallery in Cape Town, appointed as the museum's first professional education officer before and serving as its assistant director from 1970 to 1972. He was a professor of Fine Arts at the University of Cape Town's Michaelis School of Fine Art from 1978 to 2003, and he served as its director at one point.

Personal life and death Arnott was married to Mari Lecanides-Arnott, with whom he had a son. He had a son and a daughter from his previous marriages.

Arnott died on July 19, 2018.