Benno schotz biography of william hill
Benno Schotz (1891-1984), sculptor, a biography.
Benno schotz biography of william hill
Benno Schotz
Estonian-Scottish sculptor
Benno Schotz (28 August 1891 – 11 October 1984) was an Estonian-born Scottish sculptor, and one of Scotland's leading artists during the twentieth century.
Biography
Early life
Schotz was the youngest of six children of Jewish parents, Jacob Schotz, a watchmaker, and Cherna Tischa Abramovitch.[1] He was educated at the Boys Grammar School of Pärnu, Estonia.
Later he studied at the Grossherzogliche Technische Hochschule in Darmstadt, Germany.
In 1912, he immigrated to Glasgow, where he gained an engineering diploma from the Royal Technical College. From 1914 to 1923 he worked in the drawing office of John Brown & Company, Clydebankshipbuilders, while attending evening classes in sculpture at the Glasgow School of Art.[2]
Artistic career
Schotz became a full-time sculptor in 1923.
An important early patron was the Dundee art collector William Boyd, thanks to whose influence both Dundee Dental School an