About Eric Schilsky
Lived 1898 – 1974 (aged 75). Eric Schilsky was an artist and sculptor.
Eric Schilsky, RA (born Eric Clare Telford Schilsky; October 1898 in Southampton, Hampshire, England; died 29 March 1974, Edinburgh) was a sculptor.
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).
He was married to the painter Victorine Foot.
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
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Who was Eric Schilsky?
British artist (1898-1974)
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Eric Schilsky was born on 22 October 1898 in Southampton.
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Eric Schilsky died on 29 March 1974 in Edinburgh.
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Eric Schilsky was an artist and sculptor.
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