Ludwig Hirschfeld Mack b. 1893

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Theatre / Film Designer)
German Bauhaus artist whose diverse modernist practice reflects the upheaval of the second World War, when he was deported to Australia, but continued to practice and teach after his release in Victoria.
exhibited at
Ludwig Hirschfeld Mack: Bauhaus Artist and Innovator
Date
14 May 2008 - 30 September 2008
Place
Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

Ludwig Hirschfeld Mack is a key figure in Victoria’s cultural history. A master of the legendary German design school the Bauhaus, Hirschfeld Mack emigrated to Australia in 1941 and taught at Geelong Grammar School.This exhibition investigates the progressive and experimental aspects of Hirschfeld Mack’s practice through a display of over forty artworks and visual tools such as colour charts.

Website
http://www.art-museum.unimelb.edu.au/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/fromyear/2001/toyear/2012/exhib-date/2008-05-14/exhib/ludwig-hirschfeld-mack-bauhaus-artist-and-innovator
exhibited at
Memorial exhibition
Date
1981
Place
Melbourne University Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Two Masters of the Weimar Bauhaus: Lyonel Feininger, Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack
Date
1974
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Bauhaus 1919-1925
Date
1938
Place
Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States of America
Description
Type
Exhibition