Sculptor Bert Flugelman. Source: adelaidenow
THE distinguished Australian sculptor Bert Flugelman has died at the age of 90 at his Bowral home.
One of Flugelman's best-known works is Pyramid Tower, 1979, which is located in Spring Street, Sydney.
Flugelman was honoured with an Emeritus Award by the Australia Council for the Arts. The then Premier Nathan Rees inducted him as a Fellow of the National Art School.
A portrait of Flugelman by artist Guy Warren won the Archibald Prize in 1985.
Close friend and fellow sculptor Ron Robertson-Swann lunched with Flugelman several weeks ago and had a feeling it was goodbye.
"It was kind of a nice farewell," Robertson-Swann said.
The lunch was at the Southern Highlands home of Justice John Griffiths of the Federal Court, owner of Flugelman's sculpture Tetrapus which was seen by thousands in Sculpture by the Sea in 2007.
"It looks absolutely stunning [in Justice Griffiths' garden] overlooking the valley towards the sea," Robertson-Swann said.
Robertson-Swann, who is head of sculpture at the NAS, said Flugelman ``operated without malice in the art world, which is an unusual thing''.
Sculpture by the Sea founder David Handley said he had walked past Pyramid Tower every day on his way to school and "loved it from an early age". At that time the sculpture was located in Martin Place.
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