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Attracted by the visionary ideas of Walter Gropius, and the promise of a new world order following the First World War, Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack was among the first students of the Weimar Bauhaus in In the company of talents such as Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, Oskar Schlemmer and Josef Albers, he thrived in the atmosphere of creative freedom and artistic experimentation — but fell victim to the suppression of such ideals with the rise of Nazi Germany and the closure of the Bauhaus.
From the battlefields of the Western Front, to a hellish sea journey on board the Dunera, and to the internment camps of New South Wales and Victoria, Hirschfeld-Mack’s story is one that it is linked inextricably to the major events of the twentieth century. Self-exile from Germany in , and enforced separation from loved ones, became mandatory detention in Australia as an enemy alien. Unexpectedly, it was in Australia that he found peace and fulfilment as a teacher at Geelong Grammar School and in the company of family, old and new.
Riveting, inspiring and deeply moving, this book is a culmination of two decades of research, drawing on extensive private family archives and oral histories. For the first time, it reveals the full details of Hirschfeld-Mack’s extraordinary life as so m
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Ludwig Hirschfeld Mack
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Abstract Watercolor and pencil over monotype on woven paper, x 22cm Donation of Wife L. Hirschfeld Mack Collection: Queensland Midpoint Gallery | Gallery appropriate
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Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack
German-born Australian artist (–)
Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack | |
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| Born | Ludwig Hirschfeld ()11 July Frankfurt-am-Main, German Empire |
| Died | 7 January () (aged&#;71) Allambie Heights, Sydney, Australia |
| Nationality | German/Australian |
| Alma&#;mater | Bauhaus, Weimar |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, musician, art educator |
| Notable work | Desolation, Internment Camp, Hay |
| Spouse(s) | Elenor Wirth (–) Olive Russell (–) |
Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack (11 July – 7 January ) was a German-born Australian artist.
His formative education was from until at the Debschitz-Schule&#;[de], an art school in Munich founded by Wilhelm von Debschitz. Hirschfeld-Mack studied at the Bauhaus from until and remained working there until where, along with Kurt Schwerdtfeger&#;[de],[1] he further developed the Farblichtspiele (coloured-light-plays), which used a projection device to produce moving colours on a transparent screen accompanied by music composed by Hirschfeld-Mack. It is now regarded as an early form of multimedia.[2][3] He was a participant, along with the former Bauhaus master Gertrud Grunow, in the II. Kongreß für Farbe-Ton-Forschung (Hamburg 1. – 5. Oktober ) (Second Congress for Colour-Sound Resear