• Source: Georg Ehrlich

      • Georg Ehrlich (22 February 1897 – 1 July 1966) was an Austrian sculptor. He lived in London from 1938 and became a British citizen in 1947.


      Life


      Ehrlich was born in Vienna. From 1912 until 1915 he studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule, or school of arts and crafts, of Vienna, under the architect Oskar Strnad.: 200 
      During the First World War he was called up and served in the Austrian Army 1915–1918. After the war he worked in lithography and etching. Because of the post-War economic depression in Austria he moved to Munich (1919–21) and then to Berlin (1921–23). He returned to Vienna in 1924, and his interest turned almost exclusively to sculpture.
      On 27 November 1930 he married the artist Bettina Bauer, who like him, was Jewish. After the Nazi Anschluss in March 1938 it was too dangerous for them to be in Austria. He stayed in London, where he was at the time; his wife joined him there in July 1938, bringing many of his works. He became a British citizen in 1947. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1962.
      From 1951 Ehrlich suffered from heart problems. He moved to Italy in 1963, and then to Switzerland. He died in Lucerne on 1 July 1966 and was buried in Vienna.


      Exhibitions


      Ehrlich exhibited in the Royal Academy ten times, including one posthumous exhibition in 1967. Other exhibitions include:

      ”Neue Kunst”, Galerie Hans Goltz, Munich, 1920
      Venice Biennale, (Austrian pavilion), 1932, 1934, 1936 and 1958
      Paris World Exposition, 1937 (gold medal)
      Matthiesen Gallery, London, 1939
      Sculpture in the Home, Arts Council Exhibition, 1946
      Leicester Galleries, 1950
      Royal Scottish Academy, 125th exhibition, 1951
      Aldeburgh Festival, 1964


      Works


      Ehrlich has works in the Tate Gallery, British Arts Council, British Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum. His work The Young Lovers stands in St Paul's Cathedral garden, in London. Other works include:

      Italian Boy, 1935
      The Bombed Child, Chelmsford Cathedral, 1943
      Two Sisters, Essendon Scholl for Girls, 1944
      Benjamin Britten, private collection (plaster cast in the National Portrait Gallery, London 1951)
      Standing Boy, 1951
      Sick Boy, 1951
      Refugee, 1951
      Boy and Girl with a Puppy, Hastings High School, Burbage, Leicestershire, 1956
      Head of a Horse, 1956
      Full size bull, Vienna, 1960 (awarded Sculpture Prize of the City of Vienna)
      Peter Pears (plaster cast in the National Portrait Gallery, London 1963)


      References




      Further reading


      Royal Scottish Academy Exhibitors, 1826–1990, Volume 2 E–K


      External links


      Profile on Royal Academy of Arts Collections

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