Bim Hilder b. 3 October 1909

Also known as Vernon Arthur Hilder, Vernon Hilder
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Designer (Industrial / Product Designer)
Bim Hilder was a Sydney based sculptor, printmaker and painter active during the middle decades of the twentieth century. Foundation member of the Sculpture Society, twice president. He taught sculpture at the Sydney Technical College during the 1960s. Hilder had numerous public commissions including Reserve Bank, Martin Place, Burley Griffin Memorial, Castlecrag.

Citations

  • (16 November 1938), 'Mr. and Mrs. Hilder’, Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, NSW, pg 10.

  • 'see references’.

  • (1972), 'Bim Hilder’, Artviews, Sydney, NSW, (issue no 1) Artviews was the journal of the Artists’ Guild of Australia.

  • Hilder, Brett (11 August 1960), 'Griffin and his Castlecrag’, Walkabout [magazine], .

  • Scarlett, Ken (1980), 'Australian Sculptors’, Thomas Nelson Australia, West Melbourne, VIC, pp 247-250.

  • (August 1990), 'Bim Hilder dies’, Art Monthly, Australia, .

  • (13 June 1990), ''Sculptor who gained many public commissions’ (obituary)’, Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, NSW, pg 10.

  • Ferguson, Anne (1984), 'A Family Trilogy: 1881-1984’, Art & Australia, Volume 22 Number 2 Summer 1984, article about J.J. Hilder (Bim Hilder’s father), Bim Hilder and Kim Hilder (Bim Hilder’s son).

  • Hilder, Brett (1966), 'The Heritage of J.J. Hilder’, Ure Smith Pty Ltd, Sydney, NSW.

  • Scarlett, Ken (1980), 'Australian Sculptors’, Thomas Nelson Australia, West Melbourne, VIC, pp 247-250.

  • Hilder, Bim (and others) (c.1973), 'Castlecrag’, Privately published.

  • 'Bronze Art Catches Eye’ (14th December 1964), Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, NSW, p. 16.

  • Silas Clifford-Smith, “Past Member Bim Hilder”, Sculptors Society Bulletin, Sept-December, 2021, pp.25-26. Summary of Bio and association with the Society.

See also

  • 'Black and white illustration in 'The Heritage of J.J. Hilder' (1966) by Brett Hilder, p 106', 'Wood-carving in Oregon'.
  • 'Why shouldn't a radio be a work of art?' The Bendix Corporation advertisement, Australian Woman’s Weekly, 29 May 1974 (page 42)

Initial data sources

  • 'DAAO Researcher-in-Residence' supported by the Power Institute Foundation for Art & Visual Culture, University of Sydney