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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Sydney
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- Date
- 1948
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- tempera on hardboard
- Dimensions
- 117.5 x 90.4 cm board; 144.5 x 116.6 x 9.3 cm frame
- Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r., red tempera "F.C.HINDER/-48".
- Credit
- Purchased with funds provided by The Art Gallery Society of New South Wales 2013
- Location
- South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries
- Accession number
- 195.2013
- Copyright
- © Estate of Frank Hinder
- Sir John Sulman Prize
- - 1948
- Artist information
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Frank Hinder
Works in the collection
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About
Frank Hinder's 'Tram kaleidoscope' captures the essence of Sydney modernism. It synthesises elements of Cubism, Futurism and Orphism to form an ambitious statement of the city as a dynamic, living organism. The painting is fragmented and presents simultaneous views of the tram and the outside street. Time and space are no longer linear and discreet, they have become intrinsically intertwined. The chaos, however, is ordered and unified by a repetition of forms. The cylindrical tram, distant buildings, a zooming car and crowd of anonymous commuters are integrated harmoniously into the composition.
The Gallery owns a number studies for this work from 1939, though the painting itself was not undertaken until after the Second World War. These works highlight Hinder's role, together with other Sydney contemporaries, in forming a distinct, innovative artistic vision: a modern art for a modern metropolis.
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Places
Where the work was made
Sydney
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Exhibition history
Shown in 5 exhibitions
Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Competitions for 1948, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 Jan 1949–07 Mar 1949
Balson, Crowley, Fizelle, Hinder, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 05 Oct 1966–30 Oct 1966
Balson, Crowley, Fizelle, Hinder, Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, 09 Nov 1966–11 Dec 1966
Frank and Margel Hinder retrospective (1973), Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, 30 Aug 1973–30 Sep 1973
Frank and Margel Hinder 1930-1980, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 Jun 1980–13 Jul 1980
20th-Century galleries, ground level (rehang), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 20 Aug 2022–2023
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Bibliography
Referenced in 17 publications
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Hal Crawford (Editor in Chief), ninemsn.com.au, 'Art Gallery NSW snaps up Grundy works', Sydney, 01 Jul 2013, n.pag.. viewed 01.07.2013, http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/2013/07/01/14/46/art-gallery-nsw-snaps-up-grundy-works
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Alexandra Djurichkovic., Australian art collector online, 'AGNSW reveals major new Australian acquisitions', Sydney, 03 Jul 2013, n.pag.. viewed 03.07.2013, http://www.artcollector.net.au/AGNSWrevealsnewAustralianacquisitions
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Steve Dow., smh.com.au, 'Gasps as Art Gallery of NSW shells out millions on Brack', Sydney, 01 Jul 2013, n.pag.. viewed 01.07.2013, http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/gasps-as-art-gallery-of-nsw-shells-out-millions-on-brack-20130701-2p6r2.html
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Dinah Dysart, Art and Australia (Vol. 29, No. 3), 'A productive partnership: Frank and Margel Hinder interviewed', pg. 338-345, Sydney, Autumn 1992, 341 (colour illus.), 345.
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Renée Free, Frank and Margel Hinder 1930 - 1980, Sydney, 1980, 21, 50. cat.no. 106
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Renée Free, Balson, Crowley, Fizelle, Hinder, Sydney, 1966, 17. cat.no. 68
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Renee Free, Important Australian art from the collection of Reg Grundy AC OBE and Joy Chambers-Grundy, 'Frank Hinder', pg. 62-65, Sydney, 2013, 62, 63 (colour illus.), 64, 65. lot.no. 16; estimated price $100,000-150,000.
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Renée Free, The art of Frank Hinder, Sydney, 2011, 115-116.
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Renee Free, Look, 'Tram as art: analysis of a great painting', pg. 16-17, Sydney, Oct 2013, 16, 17 (colour illus.).
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Terry Ingham., www.aasd.com.au, 'AGNSW makes big breakfast of Grundy', Armadale, 01 Jul 2013, n.pag.. viewed 02.07.2013, http://www.aasd.com.au/index.cfm/news/384-agnsw-makes-big-breakfast-of-grundy/
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Dr Cassi Plate., Sydney 6 - Hinders, Lewers, Plates: abstract artists, friends, partners, siblings, 1940s-1970s, 'The universal language of abstract art', Newcastle, 2015, n.pag.. general reference to Hinder's 'Tram kaleidoscope series'
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Jeni Porter (Editor in Chief), The Australian Financial Review, 'Art Gallery of NSW gets back in the Brack', Melbourne, 04 Jul 2013, 18. author unknown
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Katrina Strickland, The Australian Financial Review, 'Public galleries go for Grundys', pg. 3, Melbourne, 29 Jun 2013-30 Jun 2013, 3.
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Jill Sykes (Editor), Look, Sydney, Sep 2014, 1 (colour illus., detail). advertisement for Bonhams auctioneers
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Jill Sykes (Editor), Look, 'Frank Hinder to the fore', pg. 10, Sydney, Sep 2013, 10, 11.
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David Thomas, Frank and Margel Hinder Retrospective, Newcastle, 1973. cat.no. 22
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Tammy Weller., www.artshub.com.au, 'Art Gallery of NSW acquires new Australian works', Australia, 02 Jul 2013, n.pag. (colour illus., detail). viewed 04.07.2013, http://au.artshub.com/au/news-article/news/arts/art-gallery-of-nsw-acquires-new-australian-works-195872
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