Inge King

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Inge King (2008)

Inge King (born Neufeld ; born November 26, 1915 in Berlin ; † April 24, 2016 ) was an Australian sculptor of German origin. She is one of the pioneers of abstract sculpture in Australia.

life and work

Inge Neufeld grew up in Berlin and studied sculpture with Hermann Nonnenmacher (1892–1988) in 1936/1937 and was admitted to the Berlin Art Academy in 1937. In 1938 she was expelled from the academy as a Jew. In 1939 she left National Socialist Germany and emigrated to London , where she studied at the Royal Academy of Arts from 1940 . Soon after, she continued her education at the Glasgow School of Art . Her first work was the bronze sculpture “Warsaw”, in which she processed her impressions of the Second World War in 1943 . After the war she worked in London. Her work was shown there for the first time in an exhibition in 1949. During visits to Paris and New York in 1950 she came into contact with abstract expressionism . After her return to London she married the Australian graphic artist Grahame King , with whom she emigrated to Australia in 1951. Inge King lived and worked from then on in Warrandyte , a suburb of Melbourne .

Inge King's first experiences in Australia were daunting. The renewal of sculpture promoted by sculptors such as Henry Moore , Pablo Picasso and Constantin Brâncuși had passed Australia by. In 1953, King founded the group of four artists in Melbourne with the sculptors Julius Kane , Clifford Last and Norma Redpath , which advocated modern, abstract sculpture in industrial materials and geometric shapes. Inge King initially worked in wood and stone, but discovered autogenous welding in 1959 .

In 1961, at a meeting organized by Julius Kane, the artist group Center Five Group was founded. Members were the Group of Four as well as Vincas Jomantas , Tesutis Zikaras and Lenton Parr . At the meeting, a five-point plan was drawn up, which primarily provided for joint exhibitions. The fact that the artists formed a Secession and left the Victorian Sculptors' Society led to a deep rift among the state's sculptors. The first group exhibitions took place in 1963, 1964 and 1965. In 1974 and 1984, works by the group of artists were shown at Center Five exhibitions.

From 1960 to the late 1980s, Inge King created almost exclusively monumental sculptures made of stainless steel for public spaces . From 1989 she rediscovered bronze and created smaller works such as Joie de vivre (1989), Tänzer (1990/1991) and Daedalus (1994).

Works (selection)

Rings of Saturn (2005-2006), Melbourne

  • Flight Arrested (1964)

  • Forward Surge (1976)

  • Dialogue of Circles (1976)

  • Sun Ribbon (1980)

  • Jabaroo (1984/85)

  • Island Sculpture (1991)

  • Shearwater (1994/95)

  • The Sentinel (2000)

literature

  • Jenny Zimmer: Inge King, Sculpture 1945–1982: A Survey . Melbourne University Gallery, The University of Melbourne (1982), ISBN 0-86839-388-6
  • Geoffrey Edwards: Inge King. Sculpture . With a contribution from Judith Trimble. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne 1992, ISBN 0-7241-0158-6
  • Judith Trimble: Inge King. Sculptor . Craftsman House in association with G + B Arts International, East Roseville, New South Wales 1996, ISBN 9766410488
  • Judith Trimble, Ken McGregor: Inge King: Small Sculptures and Maquettes. MacMillan Mini-Art Series Number 10, Series editor Jenny Zimmer 2009, ISBN 978-1-921394-26-3

Documentary film

Web links

Commons : Inge King  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stuart Purves: Farewell Inge King . Australian Galleries, April 24, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME King, Inge
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Neufeld, Inge (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian sculptor of German origin
DATE OF BIRTH November 26, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH April 24, 2016