David Max Furchgott

Background

Furchgott, David Max was born on May 24, 1947 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Son of Max and Marcelle Dorothy (Kleinzahler) Furchgott.

Education

Bachelor of Education, University Miami, 1970. Postgraduate, College Charleston, 1979.

Career

Executive director, co-founder Furthur, Inc., Charleston, 1970-1972. Curator education, director Gallery School Gibbes Museum Art, 1972-1974. Division director community and contemporary arts South Carolina Arts Commission, Columbia, 1974-1978.

President, executive director International Sculpture Center, Washington, 1979-1995. President, Chief Executive Officer, founder International Arts and Artists, since 1995. Consultant, panelist National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, 1976-1978.

Founder, public Sculpture Magazine, 1980-1995. Consultant, speaker Fuji-Sankei Group, Shiga Prefecture Museum Art, Otsu City, Shiga, Japan, 1984. Consultant, advisor Prada! I Pelletieri D'Italia S.p.a., Milan, Italy, 1994-1995.

Visual artistic advisor Spoleto United States of America, Charleston, 1995-1996. Organizer exhibitions including Visions of Tomorrow: New York and American Art, 1920-1939, Japan, 1988, Frank Lloyd Wright Retrospective, Japan, 1991, The Eloquent Line, United States, 1993-1995, David Smith Retrospective, Japan, 1994, David Smith in Italy, Milan, 1995, Peter Voulkos Retrospective, Japan, 1995.

Achievements

• David Max Furchgott has been listed as a noteworthy cultural programs executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Co-initiator Piccolo Spoleto, City of Charleston, 1978. Visual arts panelist District of Columbia Commission on the Arts, Washington, 1995, 99. Conscientious objector, 1970-1972.

Member Cosmos Club (art committee 1997).

Connections

Married Fetneh Askari Fleischmann, March 31, 1991. 1 child, Shirin Catherine Fleischmann.

Father:

Max Furchgott

Mother:

Marcelle Dorothy (Kleinzahler) Furchgott

Spouse:

Fetneh Askari Fleischmann

child:

Shirin Catherine Fleischmann Furchgott