Margel Hinder
Margel Ina Hinder (born January 4, 1905 in New York , USA , † 1995 in Sydney , Australia ) was an American-Australian sculptor . She belongs to the group of the first abstract sculptors in Australia.
life and work
Margel Harris was the daughter of parents interested in art. When she was five, the family moved to Buffalo , where they lived near a gallery and had contacts with sculptors. In 1925 she began an art education at the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy and from 1926 to 1929 at the School of Fine Arts in Boston . She took part in a summer seminar at the Moriah Summer School , met the Australian painter and sculptor Frank Hinder , who had been trained in the USA from 1927, and whom she married in 1930. In 1934 she took a trip to Taos in America's New Mexico , where Margel Hinder became acquainted with the culture of the pueblo culture of Taos. In the same year she emigrated to Sydney, Australia, with her husband.
Her first works were wooden sculptures, influenced by the works of Constantin Brâncuși and Aristide Maillol . In the 1940s, however, her work was influenced by the European constructivists Naum Gabo and László Moholy-Nagy and she experimented with wire and plastic.
Until 1952 she was inspired in her works by her immediate surroundings, such as by the birds and the Currawongs in 1946. She worked with the sculptor Gerald Lewers, who taught her how to bring movement into forms.
From 1953 on, she used wood as well as metal, drawing inspiration from the works of Naum Gabo , and experimenting with kinetic art . In her later career she made large sculptures such as the Captain Cook Memorial Fountain in Civic Park , Newcastle , 1961–1966.
Margel Hinder was honored with the Australia Medal, General Division, and the Order of Australia in 1979 for her work .
Works (selection)
- 1939 Man with jackhammer , National Gallery of Victoria , Melbourne
- 1949 Garden Sculpture , Art Gallery of New South Wales , Sydney
- 1959 Abstract Sculpture , Sydney
- 1960 Properties in front of the Carlton-Rex Hotel in Sydney and Canberra-Rex Hotel in Canberra
- 1961–1966 Captain Cook Memorial Fountain in Newcastle
- 1963 Revolving Sphere , Monaro Mall, Canberra
- 1964 Free-Standing Sculpture , Reserve Bank of Australia , Sydney
- 1966 Captain James Cook Memorial Fountain , Civic Park, Newcastle
- 1972 Sculptural Form , Woden Town Square, Canberra
- 1973 Free-Standing Sculpture , Telecommunications Building in Adelaide
- 1979 Interlock 1979-2 , Deakin University in Geelong
literature
- Renée Free: The Art of Frank and Margel Hinder, 1930-1980 , Art Gallery of New South Wales (1980)
Web links
- Website of the Penrith Regional Gallery with biography of Margel Hinder
- artgallery.nsw.au : Illustration of the wooden sculpture mother and child
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b www.daao.org.au : Margel Ina Hinder, accessed on July 16, 2011
- ↑ cs.nga.gov.au : Margel Hinder , accessed July 16, 2011
- ↑ Figure: "Interlock 1979-2" in Geelong
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hinder, Margel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hinder, Margel Ina (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American-Australian sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th January 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , United States of America |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1995 |
| Place of death | Sydney , Australia |