Title

Mother and child

(1939)

Artist

Margel Hinder

United States of America, Australia

04 Jan 1906 – 29 May 1995

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Details

Date

(1939)

Media category

Sculpture

Materials used

wood (ironbark)

Dimensions

23.5 x 22.0 cm base (irreg.); 125.5 x 38.0 x 38.0 cm figure

Signature & date

Not signed. Not dated.

Credit

Purchased 1994

Location

South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries

Accession number

554.1994

Copyright

© Estate of Margel Hinder
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Margel Hinder
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Works in the collection

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About

Arriving from the United States in 1934 with her Australian partner, Frank Hinder, this prolific sculptor was well-versed in contemporary international developments in art. In Sydney she studied with Eleanore Lange, a German-born artist-teacher, and began experimenting with local timbers and stone. 'Mother and child' shows how quickly she accommodated Australian materials, and a certain Australian robustness as well. Though strongly influenced by English sculpture of the interwar period, especially that of Henry Moore and Jacob Epstein, Hinder's truer inspiration came from her interest in vitalist philosophies and theories. The self-contained poise of this image soon gave way to a restlessness more resonant of modern times.

Art Gallery Handbook 1999
Exhibition history
Shown in 7 exhibitions
- Exhibition I, David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney, Sydney, 17 Aug 1939–02 Sep 1939
- Frank and Margel Hinder 1930-1980, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 Jun 1980–13 Jul 1980
- Review: works by women from the permanent collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 08 Mar 1995–04 Jun 1995
- Parallel Visions: Twenty-two artists from the Australian collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 Feb 2002–May 2003
- Sydney Moderns, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 06 Jul 2013–07 Oct 2013
- Margel Hinder: modern in motion, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 Jan 2021–02 May 2021
  
  Margel Hinder: modern in motion, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 30 Oct 2021–06 Feb 2022
- 20th-Century galleries, ground level (rehang), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 20 Aug 2022–2023
Bibliography
Referenced in 11 publications
- Ian Cornford, The sculpture of Margel Hinder, 'List of illustrations', pg. 6-7, Willoughby, 2013, 6, 50, 53 (colour illus.), 54, 62, 156.
- Deutscher-Menzies Fine Art, 19th & 20th century Fine Australian and International Art: Fine Art auction 20 & 21 August 2001 Melbourne, Melbourne, 2001, 112. lot no. 77, 'Man with Jackhammer', 1939, cedar relief, 62.5 x 54.5 x 3.5cm. Reference to 'Exhibition I' and Hinder's 'Mother and child' in the Gallery's collection.
- Dinah Dysart, Art and Australia (Vol. 29, No. 3), 'A productive partnership: Frank & Margel Hinder interviewed', pg. 338-345, Sydney, Autumn 1992, 342 (illus.). 'Mother and child', 1939, ironbark, Private collection
- Deborah Edwards, Look, 'Margel Hinder's 'Mother and Child': A Major New Acquisition', pg. 14, 18., Heidelberg, Apr 1995, 14 (illus.), 18.
- Deborah Edwards, Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'Moderns', pg. 103-104, Sydney, 2000, 134 (colour illus.), 301.
- Lesley Harding and Denise Mimmocchi (Editors), Margel Hinder: Modern in motion, Melbourne, 2021, 40, 41 (illus.) (artist carving the work), 42, 119 (colour illus.), 178 (colour illus.). cat.no. 7
- Bruce James, Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook, 'Australian Collection: Painting and Sculpture', pg. 102-181, Sydney, 1999, 146 (colour illus.).
- Eleonore Lange, Exhibition I : paintings and sculptures in David Jones' Exhibition Galleries from 17th August to 2nd Sept., 1939., 'Catalogue: Sculpture', Sydney, 1939, n. pag.. cat. no. 3 listed as 'Mother and Child (Ironbark)'
- Denise Mimmocchi, Sydney moderns: art for a new world, 'Towards the abstract: the art of Exhibition 1', pg. 270-271, Sydney, 2013, 270, 271 (colour illus.), 314, 322.
- Margaret Page, The Sydney Morning Herald, 'SHE SPEAKS IN SCULPTURE', pg. 2, Sydney, 13 Nov 1939, 2 (b&w illus.). The Sydney Morning Herald's Women's Supplement
- Natalie Wilson, Parallel visions: works from the Australian collection, 'Grace Crowley / Ralph Balson / Frank Hinder / Margel Hinder', pg. 88-103, Sydney, 2002, 92, 101 (colour illus.), 144, 147.