Ludwig hirschfeld mack biography examples
Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack (11 July – 7 January ) was a German-born Australian artist.
Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack (), artist and teacher, was born on 11 July at Frankfurt am Main, Germany, son of Ernst Hirschfeld, a manufacturer of....
Ludwig Hirschfeld Mack
A new book telling the story of one of Modernist Germany’s most influential artists.
A life bound up with Oskar Schlemmer, Hans Scharoun, Paul Klee, Kandinsky and other greats
Ludwig in his studio in Berlin with a painting of women surrounded by gas-like substances
Bauhaus artist, Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack, a man whose name should really be more well known than it is.
His journey took him from Weimar to Berlin, from Welsh mining communities to the most English of public schools, to being wrongly classified as an Enemy Alien. His final humiliation was being arrested, interned and sent to Australia on the infamous HMT Dunera – and while on board witnessing inhumane treatment by guards.
Now, with meticulous research by Resi Schwarzbauer and Chris Bell (Ludwig’s grandson), we have the opportunity to learn about how a German artist ended up as a much-loved secondary school teacher in Australia, turning down the opportunity to join his friends