Tom Bass

Tom Bass
Detail zum The Trial of Socrates

Thomas Dwyer (Tom) Bass (* 6. Juni 1916 in Lithgow, New South Wales, Australien; † 26. Februar 2010) war ein australischer Bildhauer und Maler.

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Leben und Werk

Bass wurde an der Dattilo Rubbo Art School ausgebildet und studierte mit einer Unterbrechung in Folge des Zweiten Weltkriegs bis 1948 an der National Art School in Canberra. 1974 gründete er eine eigene Ausbildungsstätte, die Tom Bass Sculpture School in Sydney.

1988 wurde er durch den Order of Australia (OAM) geehrt. 2003 überführte er seine Schule in eine gemeinnützige Gesellschaft. 2006 wurde ein Retrospektive der Arbeiten von Tom Bass im Sydney Opera House ausgestellt und am 6. April 2009 bekam er ehrenhalber den Titel Doctor of Visual Arts durch das Sydney College of the Arts verliehen.[1]

Werk (Auswahl)

  • The Student (1953), University of Sydney
  • The falconer (1955)[2] – Wandskulptur auf dem Skulpturenweg der Universität New South Wales
  • St Ignatius of Loyola – Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam (1957), Ramsay Hall, St. Ignatius College in Sydney
  • Fountain figure (1959))[3] im Chancellor’s Court der Universität New South Wales in Sydney
  • The Idea of a University[4] The Trial of Socrates[5] (1954/59), Wandskulpturen an Universität Melbourne in Melbourne
  • „A Search for Truth“, Gemeinschaftswerk an einem Wandgemälde in der Wilson Hall Universität Melbourne
  • Ethos (1959/61), Civic Square in Canberra
  • AMP Emblem – „Amicus certus in re incerta“ (1962)[6], Wandskulptur am AMP Tower am Circular Quay in Sydney
  • Children’s Tree (1963)[7], Collins Street/Elizabeth Street in Melbourne
  • P&O Wall fountain (1963)[8], P&O Building, Hunter Street in Sydney
  • Joseph Ormand Aloysius Bourke, first Bursar [erster Kanzler] of the University (1966)[9], Skulpturenweg der Universität von New South Wales in Sydney – ontwerp Peter Spooner, reliëf van Tom Bass
  • Lintel sculpture (1967/68) – Wandskulptur, National Library of Australia in Canberra
  • The GenieInschrift: A fantasy play sculpture for children (1973), Queen Victoria Gardens in Melbourne, [10]
  • Relief AGC Building (1983), Sydney

Fotogalerie

Weblinks

 Commons: Tom Bass – Sammlung von Bildern, Videos und Audiodateien

Einzelnachweise

  1. http://sydney.edu.au/senate/HonBass.shtml sydney.edu.au]: Honorary awards. Thomas Dwyer Bass, abgerufen am 14. April 2011
  2. Skulpturenweg auf der UNSW Art Collection: Nr. 10: „The falconer“
  3. Skulpturenweg der Universität von New South Wales: Nr. 9: „Fountain Figure“
  4. Abbildung: „Research“
  5. Abbildung: „Trial of Socrates“
  6. Afbeelding: „AMP Emblem“ (1960)
  7. Abbildung: „Children’s Tree“ (1962)
  8. Afbeelding: „P & O Wall fountain“ (1963)
  9. Skulpturenweg der Universität New South Wales: Nr. 6: „Joseph Bourke“
  10. Abbildung: „The Genie“ (1973)

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