Margel Hinder

Margel Hinder (New York, 1906 – January 4, 1995, Sydney) was an Australian - American sculptor.



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[hide] *1 life and work  ==Life and work[ Edit] == Baker Ina Harris was born in Brooklyn, the daughter of parents interested in art. Already on its fifth year, after moving to Buffalo, she wanted to be a sculptor and lived to classes at the Albright Gallery in Buffalo. In 1925 she started her art education at the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy and from 1926 to 1929 at the School of Fine Arts in Boston. She took a summer course at the Moriah Summer School, where she in 1929 the Australian painter and sculptor Frank Nuisance since 1927 in the United States, who met his training got. They performed in 1930 in marriage in 1934, made another trip to Taos in New Mexico, where Baker Nuisance was introduced to the culture of the Pueblos of Taos, and the same year emigrated to Australia.
 * 2 works (selection)
 * 3 Literature
 * 4 external link
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Her first works were wooden statues, simple in form and influenced by the work of Constantin Brancusi and Aristide Maillol. Until 1952 she let herself in her work inspired by subjects from her immediate environment: the family and birds such as Currawongs from 1946. They worked with the sculptor Gerald Lewers, who taught her to bring movement in the form.

They replaced the material wood from 1953 through metal, and was inspired by the works of Naum Gabo. They also experimented with kinetic objects. ==Works (selection)[ Edit] == ==Literature[ Edit] ==
 * 1939 Man with jackhammer, National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne
 * 1949 Garden Sculpture, Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney
 * 1959 Abstract Sculpture, Sydney
 * 1960 objects for the Carlton-Rex Hotel in Sydney and Canberra- Canberra Rex Hotel in
 * 1963 Revolving Sphere, Monaro Mall in Canberra
 * Free-standing Sculpture, 1964 Reserve Bank of Australia in Sydney
 * 1966 Captain James Cook Memorial Fountain, Civic Park in Newcastle
 * 1972 Sculptural Form, Woden Town Square in Canberra
 * 1973 Free-standing Sculpture, Telecommunication building in Adelaide
 * 1979 Interlock 1979-2[1], Deakin University in Geelong (Victoria)
 * Renée Free: The Art of Frank and Gene Baker, 1930-1980, Art Gallery of New South Wales (1980)