Hirschfeld-Mack, Ludwig
| Family name |
Hirschfeld-Mack |
| Short description |
Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack was a German-born Australian artist. |
| Birth date |
1883-07-11 |
| Death date |
1965-01-07 |
| Contact details, URL inlcuding biography | |
| Given name(s) |
Ludwig |
| Honorific |
Dr |
| Gender |
Male |
| Country of birth |
Germany |
| Place of death |
Sydney |
| Country of death |
Australia |
| Person type |
Historical |
| Person role |
Artist |
| Full biographical data |
Born in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1893, Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack entered the Weimar Bauhaus art school in 1920 and, upon its closure in 1925, taught at institutions in Germany, Wales and England before his deportation to Australia during the Second World War. He arrived in Victoria aboard the Dunera in 1940 and, after a lengthy period of internment at Hay, Orange and Tatura, Hirschfeld-Mack was appointed to the position of Painting Master at Geelong Grammar School. |
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