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.
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Name
Ludwig Hirschfeld Mack
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Theatre / Film Designer)
Other Occupation
  • Conscripted soldier, WWI (ANZSIC code: 7600) -
  • Art Master, Geelong Grammar School, Geelong, Vic (ANZSIC code: 802) -
  • Art Teacher, University of Melbourne (ANZSIC code: 8102) -
  • Art Teacher, Adult Education (ANZSIC code: 8219) -
  • Professor of Art and Craft, State Teaching Training Academy (ANZSIC code: 8102) -
Birth date
1893
Birth place
Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany
Death date
c.1965
Death place
Melbourne, VIC, Melbourne, VIC (?)
Death note
Uncertain
Active Period
  • c.1918 - c.1965
Arrival
  • c.1940 (interned on the Dunera)
Residence
  • c.1940 - c.1942 Tatura, VIC
  • c.1940 - c.1942 Orange, NSW
  • c.1940 - c.1942 Hay, NSW
  • 1940 Dunera (ship)
  • c.1912 - c.1914 Munich, Germany
  • c.1932 - c.1940 London, England
  • c.1942 - c.1957 Geelong, Victoria
  • c.1957 - c.1965 Melbourne, VIC
  • c.1926 - c.1932 Thuringia, Dessau, Germany
Training
  • c.1912 - c.1914 Munich University, Munich, Germany
  • c.1918 - c.1919 Stuttgart Academy, Stuttgart, Germany
  • c.1912 - c.1914 Wilhelm Debschitz Art School, Munich, Germany
Cultural Heritage
  • Jewish (German)
Languages
  • German
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

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References [<ExternalResource: University of Melbourne Archives, 'Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack Collection'.>, <ExternalResource: Draffin, Nicholas (1974), 'Two Masters of the Weimar Bauhaus - Lyonel Feininger and L. Hirschfeld-Mack', Catalogue, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: McCulloch, A. (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art', Melbourne, Vic (Second edition).>, <ExternalResource: Merewether, Charles (1984), 'Art and Social Commitment', Sydney, NSW : Art Gallery of New South Wales.>, <ExternalResource: Thomas, Daniel & Radford, Ron (1988), 'The Great Australian Art Exhibition', CAT.>, <ExternalResource: (1981), Catalogue, University of Melbourne, Victoria.>, <ExternalResource: (1997), 'The Expatriates', National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: [career survey] in Bauhaus Diaspora and Beyond, Transforming Education through Art, Design and Architecture. Summary of Bauhaus diaspora within Australia, Philip Goad, Ann Stephen, Andrew McNamara, Harriet, Isabel Wunsche amongst the individual contributors. Miegunyah Press, Power Publications, 2019, illustrated, 279 pps.>, <ExternalResource: Rebecca Hawcroft, "Home and Away: The Bauhaus in Australia", Frieze, 2 October 2019. >] [<ExternalResource: University of Melbourne Archives, 'Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack Collection'.>, <ExternalResource: Draffin, Nicholas (1974), 'Two Masters of the Weimar Bauhaus - Lyonel Feininger and L. Hirschfeld-Mack', Catalogue, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: McCulloch, A. (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art', Melbourne, Vic (Second edition).>, <ExternalResource: Merewether, Charles (1984), 'Art and Social Commitment', Sydney, NSW : Art Gallery of New South Wales.>, <ExternalResource: Thomas, Daniel & Radford, Ron (1988), 'The Great Australian Art Exhibition', CAT.>, <ExternalResource: (1981), Catalogue, University of Melbourne, Victoria.>, <ExternalResource: (1997), 'The Expatriates', National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: [career survey] in Bauhaus Diaspora and Beyond, Transforming Education through Art, Design and Architecture. Summary of Bauhaus diaspora within Australia, Philip Goad, Ann Stephen, Andrew McNamara, Harriet, Isabel Wunsche amongst the individual contributors. Miegunyah Press, Power Publications, 2019, illustrated, 279 pps.>]