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Ursula Hoff AO OBE
Biography
Ursula Hoff AO OBE (1909–2005) was a curator, art historian and academic.
1 portrait in the collection
Ursula Hoff, 1994
Francis Reiss
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2004
Rayner Hoff
Biography
George Rayner Hoff (1894-1937), sculptor, was born in England and trained at the Royal College of Art, London.
2 portraits in the collection
Rayner Hoff, 1924
Harold Cazneaux
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Richard King 2008. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Alfred Hill, 1936
Rayner Hoff
Portrait, cast plaster, patinated on wooden base
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2000
Remembering Ursula
About Face article
I first knew Dr. Hoff when in 1986, long after retiring from the National Gallery of Victoria, she taught a graduate seminar on Rembrandt.
The Hoff
Moustaches
The image of a hairy swag-wielding bushman might be one popularly associated with Australia in the late nineteenth century.
Enid Fleming
Biography
Enid Fleming was a pupil of Rayner Hoff's at the East Sydney Technical College at the time these works were made (Hoff and several of his other students were working on the Anzac Memorial at the time).
2 portraits in the collection
Portrait of the artist as a young man
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2010
Dr Sarah Engledow explores the early life and career of John Brack.
Self portrait, c. 1948
John Brack
Portrait, conté crayon on paper
Purchased with funds provided by Tim Fairfax AC 2010
Captain Ulm, 1932
Enid Fleming
Portrait, cast plaster, patinated
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Sydney Airports Corporation 2001
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, 1932
Enid Fleming
Portrait, cast plaster, patinated
Gift of the Sydney Airports Corporation 2001
Four from the 30s
Magazine article by Andrew Sayers AM, 2003
Australia's tradition of sculpted portraits stretches back to the early decades of the nineteenth century and continues to sustain a group of dedicated sculptors.
Joshua Smith
Biography
Joshua Smith studied sculpture with Rayner Hoff and took classes in drawing and painting at Julian Ashton's Sydney Art School.
5 portraits in the collection
Presence and Absence
Portrait Sculpture in Australia
Previous exhibition, 2003
This exhibition focuses on exploring national and communal identity through sculptural production in Australia, from the early decades of settlement through to the present day
Self portrait in plus fours, c. 1939 (cast 2003)
Lyndon Dadswell CMG
Portrait, cast bronze
Purchased 2004