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In the 1920s and 1930s, Rayner Hoff was the most gifted
and controversial
public sculptor in Australia, best known for the sculptures and friezes that adorn Sydney's Anzac Memorial, including Sacrifice at its centre.
After moving from London in the early 1920s, Hoff taught at and eventually ran the National Art School. As well as completing the Anzac Memorial sculptures
which generated uproar when the Catholic Archbishop of Sydney opposed two further works planned for the Memorial
he also designed the original Holden lion badge, won the Wynne Prize in 1927, and made firm friends with luminaries like Norman Lindsay, Hugh McCrae and Mary Gilmore.
This biography tells the story of Hoff's life and work for the first time, and how he spearheaded an Australian sculpture renaissance and left a mark that is still keenly felt today.
Listen to an interview with Deborah Beck on ABC RN: Late Night Live talking about Rayner Hoff
Read the feature on the Rayner Hoff exhibition in the SMH Spectrum.
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Rayner Hoff: Picture life comatose a sculpturer by Deborah Beck
Biography
by Christopher Menz•
November 2017, no. 396
Rayner Hoff: Picture life firm a sculptor by Deborah Beck
NewSouth, $49.99 pb, 280 pp, 9781742235325
Biography
by Christopher Menz•
November 2017, no. 396
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Rayner Hoff
Australian-British sculptor (1894–1937)
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Hoff in 1923 or 1924 | |
| Born | George Rayner Hoff (1894-11-27)27 November 1894 Isle of Man |
| Died | 19 November 1937(1937-11-19) (aged 42) Waverley, New South Wales, Australia |
| Known for | sculpture, particularly for war memorials |
| Notable work | Anzac Memorial, Hyde Park, Sydney King George V Memorial, Old Parliament House, Canberra William James Farrer Monument, Queanbeyan |
George Rayner Hoff (27 November 1894 – 19 November 1937) was a British-born sculptor who mainly worked in Australia. He fought in World War I and is chiefly known for his war memorial work, particularly the sculptures on the Anzac War Memorial in Sydney.
Early life and training
[edit]Hoff was born on the Isle of Man, the son of a stone and wood carver of Dutch descent. He began helping his father on architectural commissions at a very young age and attended the Nottingham School of Art where he studied drawing, design, and modelling, from 1910 to 1915. During World War I, he was in the British Army and fought in the trenches in France, an experience from which he was to draw most passionately in the creation of his various war memorials. Later in the war, he made maps based on aerial photographs.