Art and SculptureA Folly for Mrs Macquarie Armillary Sphere Sundial Boy Extracting Thorn Earth Mother Hope Clayton Birdbath Huntsman and dogs I WISH Memorial to Henry Kendall Sensory Fountain Slit-Drum Thai Bronze Lions Wurrungwuri (This Side Of The Water)
Arthur Fleischmann (1896-1990) was a Slovak-born, London-based sculptor, who spent time in Bali and Australia. There two works he is known for in Sydney, the 1946 Wishing Tree Memorial “I WISH” for the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney and the Bronze Doors on the Mitchell Wing of the State Library of New South Wales.
Footnote & References
- Sculpture Walk, The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, https://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/visit/map#/tours/8
- Sculpture at the Gardens, The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, https://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/learn/living-learning/primary-school-resources/garden-art/sculpture-at-the-gardens
- The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, https://www.botanicgardens.org.au/
- Arthur Fleischmann, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Fleischmann
- Head of a Young Girl: a wish cast in stone, “I WISH”, TROVE, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/51777398
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