| MARGEL
HINDER |
| CHRONOLOGY |
| 1906 |
Born in Brooklyn, New York, USA on 4 January |
| 1909 |
Moved to Buffalo |
| 1926 |
Moved to Boston |
| 1930 |
Married Frank Hinder |
| 1931 |
Daughter Enid was born |
| 1932 |
Cook and chaperone at art
colony in New Hampshire. Lived according to Plato's theories. |
| 1934 |
Migrated to Australia |
| 1938 |
Managed Grosvenor Galleries with Frank Hinder |
| 1939-44 |
Worked with Frank Hinder in Camouflage Section, Department
of Home Security, during WWII making models of aircraft and ships
now housed in the Australian War Memorial, Canberra |
| 1949-50 |
Taught sculpture part-time at National Art School, Sydney |
| 1953 |
Gave up working in wood as considered it had a sentimental quality
for her. Began working in metal. |
| 1978 |
Visited China |
| 1979 |
Awarded Australia Medal, General Division, Order of Australia |
| 1995 |
Died in Sydney |
| Studies |
| 1911 |
At age of 5 attended children's classes at Albright Gallery, Buffalo.
Awarded prize for sculpture. |
| 1920-24 |
Studied dancing under one of Isadora Duncan's pupils and developed
interest in dance as movement rather than interpretation. |
| 1925 |
School of Fine Arts of Buffalo Fine Arts Academy,
Albright Art Gallery. Influenced by works of Rodin. |
| 1926-29 |
School of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| 1929 |
Summer painting school at Moriah. Met Frank Hinder at this school. |
| 1930-34 |
Occasional classes at Child-Walker School of Fine Art, Boston |
| 1933 |
Taos, New Mexico for summer school |
| 1935 |
Studied under Eleonore Lange |
| Awards |
| 1925 |
Cary Prize for sculpture |
| 1939 |
Special prize (in association with Frank Hinder) for sculptural
panels for entrance to new Sydney Water Board building |
| 1953 |
Honourable mention and placed among first 12 in over 3,000 entries
for international sculpture competition, The Unknown Political
Prisoner, organised by Institute of Contemporary Arts, London |
| 1955 |
Won Contemporary Art Society's Madach Prize for best abstract
work |
| 1957 |
Won Contemporary Art Society's Clint Prize |
| 1959 |
Won invitation design competition for large sculpture for Anzac
House, Sydney (commission not awarded) |
| 1961 |
Won Civic Park Fountain Competition, Newcastle |
| 1961 |
Won Blake Prize for Sculpture (first and only year held) |
| 1962 |
Won design competition for Free-Standing Sculpture for Reserve
Bank of Australia, Sydney |
| Significant Commissions |
| 1959 |
Abstract Sculpture, Western Assurance Company, Sydney (assistance
of Frank Lumb) |
| 1960 |
Carlton-Rex Hotel, Sydney; Canberra-Rex Hotel, Canberra |
| 1963 |
Revolving Sphere, Monaro Mall, Civic Centre, Canberra (assisted
by Frank Hinder and Frank Lumb) |
| 1964 |
Free-Standing Sculpture, Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney
(assistance of Frank Hinder and Frank Lumb) |
| 1966 |
Captain James Cook Memorial Fountain, Civic Park, Newcastle
(assistance of Frank Hinder, large sections fabricated by Kevin Goodridge) |
| 1972 |
Sculptural Form, Woden Town Square, Canberra (fabricated
by Michael Snook) |
| 1973 |
Free-Standing Sculpture, Telecommunication Building, Adelaide
(fabricated by Keith Jackson) |
| Significant Exhibitions |
| 1939 |
Exhibition 1, David Jones Gallery, Sydney |
| 1948 |
David Jones Gallery, Sydney |
| 1949 |
David Jones Gallery, Sydney |
| 1950 |
110 Years of Australian Art, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney |
| 1953 |
A Retrospective Exhibition of Australian Painting, Art Gallery
of New South Wales, Sydney |
| 1956 |
The Arts Festival of the Olympic Games, National Gallery
of Victoria, Melbourne |
| 1961 |
Second International Sculpture Exhibition, Paris |
| 1962 |
Newcastle City Art Gallery, Newcastle |
| 1946-59 |
Contemporary Art Society, Sydney - exhibitions in 1946, 1947, 1948,
1955, 1957, 1959 |
| 1959 |
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
| 1969 |
The Comalco Invitation Award for Sculpture in Aluminium,
Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney |
| 1971 |
Marland House Sculpture Competition, Age Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1973 |
Frank and Margel Hinder Retrospective, Newcastle City Art
Gallery, Newcastle; Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat; Gallery A,
Sydney |
| 1980 |
Frank Hinder/Margel Hinder Retrospective, Art Gallery of
New South Wales, Sydney |
| 1994 |
Frank and Margel Hinder, Bloomfield Galleries, Sydney |
| Represented |
| Art Gallery of New South Wales,
Sydney (Garden Sculpture purchased in 1949 was first work acquired
by an Australian public gallery) |
| Bathurst Regional Art Gallery,
Bathurst |
| Newcastle City Art Gallery,
Newcastle |
| Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
(first purchase in 1953) |
| Major corporate and public
commissions in Australia |
| Private collections in USA,
UK, Australia and New Zealand |
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