Tom Bass

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Detail on The Trial of Socrates

Thomas Dwyer (Tom) Bass (born June 6, 1916 in Lithgow , New South Wales , Australia - † February 26, 2010 ) was an Australian sculptor and painter.

life and work

Bass was trained at the Dattilo Rubbo Art School and, with an interruption as a result of World War II, studied at the National Art School in Canberra until 1948 . In 1974 he founded his own training center, the Tom Bass Sculpture School in Sydney .

In 1988 he was honored by the Order of Australia (OAM). In 2003 he converted his school into a non-profit organization. In 2006 a retrospective of Tom Bass's work was exhibited at the Sydney Opera House and on April 6, 2009 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Visual Arts by the Sydney College of the Arts .

Others

In the video The Times they are a-changin , The Seekers , his statue Ethos is featured.

Work (selection)

  • The Student (1953), University of Sydney
  • The falconer (1955) - wall sculpture on the University of New South Wales Sculpture Path
  • St Ignatius of Loyola - Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam (1957), Ramsay Hall, St. Ignatius College, Sydney
  • Research (1956-59), Moore Steps, East Circular Quay, Sydney
  • Fountain figure (1959) in Chancellor's Court, University of New South Wales, Sydney
  • Amicus Certus (1960), AMP Building, Circular Quay, Sydney
  • The Idea of ​​a University The Trial of Socrates (1954/59), wall sculptures at Melbourne University in Melbourne
  • “A Search for Truth”, joint work on a mural in Wilson Hall University of Melbourne
  • Ethos (1959/61), Civic Square , Canberra
  • AMP Emblem - "Amicus certus in re incerta" (1962), wall sculpture on the AMP Tower on Circular Quay in Sydney
  • Children's Tree (1963), Collins Street / Elizabeth Street, Melbourne
  • P&O Wall fountain (1963), P&O Building, Hunter Street, Sydney
  • Joseph Ormand Aloysius Bourke, first Bursar [first Chancellor] of the University (1966), Sculpture Path of the University of New South Wales in Sydney - ontwerp Peter Spooner, reliëf van Tom Bass
  • Lintel sculpture (1967/68) - wall sculpture, National Library of Australia in Canberra
  • The Genie - inscription : A fantasy play sculpture for children (1973), Queen Victoria Gardens in Melbourne,
  • Relief AGC Building (1983), Sydney

Photo gallery

  • Ethos , Canberra

  • Ethos (detail)

  • Relief AGC Building (1983)

Web links

Commons : Tom Bass  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ sydney.edu.au : Honorary awards. Thomas Dwyer Bass, accessed April 14, 2011
  2. ↑ Sculpture Path on the UNSW Art Collection: No. 10: "The falconer" (English; accessed in June 2011)
  3. ↑ Sculpture Path of the University of New South Wales: No. 9: "Fountain Figure" (accessed June 2011)
  4. ↑ Figure: "Research" on flickr (accessed June 2011)
  5. ↑ Figure: "Trial of Socrates" on flickr (accessed in June 2011)
  6. ↑ Afbeelding: "AMP Emblem" (1960) on Flickr (accessed in June 2011)
  7. ↑ Figure: "Children's Tree" (1962) on flickr (accessed in June 2011)
  8. ↑ Afbeelding: "P & O Wall fountain" (1963) on Flickr (accessed in June 2011)
  9. ↑ Sculpture Path of the University of New South Wales: No. 6: "Joseph Bourke" (English; accessed June 2011)
  10. ↑ Image: "The Genie" (1973) on flickr (accessed June 2011)
personal data
SURNAME Bass, Tom
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bass, Thomas; Bass, Thomas Dwyer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian painter and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Lithgow , New South Wales , Australia
DATE OF DEATH February 26, 2010