Leopold Fleischhacker, German, 1882-1946, a bronze model of a cello player, the seated figure on an integral base, with cast signature Leop Fleischhacker and foundry inscription DÜSSELDORF, BRONCEGIESSERE G.M.B.H, 43cm high Note: Fleischhacker studied at the Düsseldorf School of Applied Arts from 1897-1902 and the Berlin Art Academy from 1903-1905. He primarily created portraits, monumental and memorial sculptures in stone, bronze and plaster and until 1931, he was a member of Malkasten, a progressive artists' association. In 1933, as a Jew, he was denied membership in the Reichskammer der bildenden Künste by the Reich Chamber of Culture, effectively banning him from his profession. From that point on he was only able to work for Jewish customers and created mostly funerary art. In 1938, during "Kristallnacht", his studio in the Flingern District was destroyed but he managed to emigrate to Belgium and settled in Uccle, where he worked for a ceramics factory. In 1945 he was able to reopen a studio in Brussels but he died the following year. Please refer to department for condition report