Rayner Hoff : The Life of a Sculptor
by
Deborah Beck
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1742235328
ISBN-13
9781742235325
Publisher
NewSouth Publishing
Imprint
NewSouth Publishing
Country of Manufacture
AU
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 1st, 2017
Print length
288 Pages
Weight
885 grams
Dimensions
24.60 x 18.50 x 2.00 cms
Product Classification:
Art & design styles: c 1900 to c 1960SculptureHistory of artIndividual artists, art monographs
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The untold story of Rayner Hoff, one of Australia's most gifted – and controversial – public sculptors. This biography profiles Hoff's life and work, and how he inspired the renaissance of sculpture in Australia, leaving a mark that is still keenly felt today.
In the 1920s and 1930s, Rayner Hoff was the most gifted – and controversial – public sculptor in Australia, best known for the sculptures and friezes that adorn Sydney’s Anzac Memorial, including Sacrifice at its centre.
After moving from London in the early 1920s, Hoff taught at and eventually ran the National Art School. As well as completing the Anzac Memorial sculptures – which generated uproar when the Catholic Archbishop of Sydney opposed two further works planned for the Memorial – he also designed the original Holden lion badge, won the Wynne Prize in 1927, and made firm friends with luminaries like Norman Lindsay, Hugh McCrae and Mary Gilmore.
This biography tells the story of Hoff’s life and work for the first time, and shows how he spearheaded an Australian sculpture renaissance and left a mark that is still keenly felt today.
After moving from London in the early 1920s, Hoff taught at and eventually ran the National Art School. As well as completing the Anzac Memorial sculptures – which generated uproar when the Catholic Archbishop of Sydney opposed two further works planned for the Memorial – he also designed the original Holden lion badge, won the Wynne Prize in 1927, and made firm friends with luminaries like Norman Lindsay, Hugh McCrae and Mary Gilmore.
This biography tells the story of Hoff’s life and work for the first time, and shows how he spearheaded an Australian sculpture renaissance and left a mark that is still keenly felt today.
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