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Henry Joseph Fleuss
1811–1888
Prussian-
naturalised British Subject
Some
paintings
Born in Prussia 1811 - Apparently Dusseldorf
Came to England in the 1830's
Naturalised British Subject
Artist.
First Drawing Master at Marlborough College 1844-56
Presumed married by about 1846 to Charlotte Sophie Kolbach ( Coulbach )
They had a total of 11 children
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Henry Albert Fleuss |
1851-1933 |
Inventor of
Diving Equipment |
| Henry Otto Fleuss |
1847-1918 |
Father of 8 Children |
| Margaret
Fleuss |
1853-1939 |
married
John Francis Bentley Architect for Westminster
Cathedral |
For those with no blue hyperlink see H.J.Fleuss
Offspring
| Belinda Fleuss |
1851- |
Married to Frederick L Jefferson |
| Charlotte Fleuss |
1854-1855 |
Died in infancy |
| Caroline Sophie Fleuss |
1856-1860 |
Died in infancy |
| Charles S Fleuss |
1857- |
Artist |
| Oswald Fleuss |
1859-1915 |
Artist |
| Willian Moritz |
1860-1862 |
Died in infancy |
| Joseph Louis |
1862-1862 |
Died in infancy |
| Louis Augusta |
1863-1863 |
Died in infancy |
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H J
Fleuss died 29 Feb 1888
Charlotte Sophie died 23 March 1891 36 Claverton Street with her daughter
Belinda and son in law Frederick Leslie Jefferson
In
1851 H J Fleuss, wife and 2 children lived at Axford
Wiltshire
In 1871 H J Fleuss and some family were living at 283 Vauxhall
Bridge Road
Henry Fleuss was born in
Prussia ( Düsseldorf)and settled in England c.1830. He is recorded as being the drawing
and painting master at Marlborough College between 1844 and 1856. He died
in 1888 aged 70. As a point if interest, William Morris was a student at
the college between 1847 and 1852.
A portrait and subject painter in oil and watercolour,
he was employed as Drawing Master at Marlborough College
from 1844 to 1857. Though relatively little is known of
his work, Fleuss has a certain fame by association:
William Morris attended Marlborough during his time
there, and Fleuss's daughter Margaret later married John
Bentley, architect of Westminster Roman Catholic
Cathedral. He is represented in the collections of the
Manchester City Galleries, with a portrait of the Earl
of Wilton.
He exhibited at the Royal Academy at various times between 1847
and 1874
We have the following anecdote from Gerald Fleuss his
great great nephew.
See Fleuss Family Tree
Marlborough College The Historical Perspective
Art has had a significant
presence at the College for some considerable time, our most
famous artist, perhaps, being William Morris.
Its origins however, are a little
more lowly: it began as a subject in 1844 under the auspices of
the first Drawing Master, H.J. Fleuss, in a classroom on the lower
floor of New Court. Christopher Hughes, a distinguished art
master, took over in 1920 and, in the 1930s, moved art into the
Garnett Room (previously a museum).
Guy Barton followed in 1946 and,
by now, art was becoming a more significant subject. In the early
1960s an art school was established using the gap between the
newly added Norwood Hall and A House.
In 2005, the Art Department moved
to its new, purpose built School. Situated next to the existing
Ceramics Studio and Mount House Gallery, this outstanding
contemporary educational environment has now been firmly
established as a centre for artistic excellence for the 21st
Century.
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