Terms and conditions of use
Phyllis Knight
1924
- Medium
- plaster, shellac
- Measurements
- 35.0 × 18.8 × 21.6 cm
- Inscription
- cast in rear: G. RAYNER-HOFF. 1924
- Accession Number
- S3-1986
- Department
- Australian Sculpture
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of L.K. Shave, 1986 - Gallery location
- Not on display
- About this work
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Although his time in Australia was brief, Rayner Hoff was a dominant figure in the development of Australian sculpture. After studying at the Royal College of Art, London, and being awarded the Prix de Rome in 1922, he was appointed as the instructor of Drawing and Sculpture at the East Sydney Technical College. Hoff’s elegant sculptural works, reflecting both his classical training and the sleek geometry of Art Deco, impressed the Sydney art world. He subsequently earned a series of major public commissions, including the sculptural elements of the Anzac Memorial in Hyde Park, Sydney, 1930–33.