Ludwig Hirschfeld Mack b. 1893

  • Artist (Industrial / Product Designer),
  • Artist (Performance Artist),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
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 (Industrial / Product Designer)
  • Artist (Performance Artist)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Conscripted soldier, WWI
  • Art Master, Geelong Grammar School, Geelong, Vic
  • Art Teacher, University of Melbourne
  • Art Teacher, Adult Education
  • Professor of Art and Craft, State Teaching Training Academy
Birth date
1893
Birth place
Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany
Death date
c.1965
Death place
Melbourne, VIC, Melbourne, VIC (?)
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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Other occupations
  • Conscripted soldier, WWI
  • Art Master, Geelong Grammar School, Geelong, Vic
  • Art Teacher, University of Melbourne
  • Art Teacher, Adult Education
  • Professor of Art and Craft, State Teaching Training Academy
  • Conscripted soldier, WWI
  • Art Master, Geelong Grammar School, Geelong, Vic
  • Art Teacher, University of Melbourne
  • Art Teacher, Adult Education
  • Professor of Art and Craft, State Teaching Training Academy
Related works
  • Internment Camp, Orange N.S.W. (Desolation) (creator of)
  • Internment Camp, Orange N.S.W. (Desolation) (creator of)
Related collections
  • Bauhaus Archives, Darmstadt, Germany (collected in)
  • University of Melbourne Collection, Melbourne, Vic (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas (collected in)
  • Bauhaus Archives, Darmstadt, Germany (collected in)
  • University of Melbourne Collection, Melbourne, Vic (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Iron Cross, WWI (received)
  • Iron Cross, WWI (received)
Related events
  • Memorial exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Bauhaus 1919-1925 (exhibited at)
  • Two Masters of the Weimar Bauhaus: Lyonel Feininger, Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack (exhibited at)
  • Memorial exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Bauhaus 1919-1925 (exhibited at)
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