THE LATE MR RAYNER HOFF, Australian sculptor, whoso death was reported during the week. Mr Hoff was born in 1894 in the Isle of Man, and, after studying his art in England and Italy, accepted a position as public instructor in drawing and sculpture at the Sydney Technical College. The Anzac Memorial, Sydney, in its diversity of emblematic and other figures, contains his chief work, distinguished by its vigorous robustness and dramatic quality. Earlier Mr Hoff executed the sculpture for South Australia’s National War Memorial.
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Evening Star, Issue 22817, 27 November 1937, Page 11
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85THE LATE MR RAYNER HOFF, Australian sculptor, whoso death was reported during the week. Mr Hoff was born in 1894 in the Isle of Man, and, after studying his art in England and Italy, accepted a position as public instructor in drawing and sculpture at the Sydney Technical College. The Anzac Memorial, Sydney, in its diversity of emblematic and other figures, contains his chief work, distinguished by its vigorous robustness and dramatic quality. Earlier Mr Hoff executed the sculpture for South Australia’s National War Memorial. Evening Star, Issue 22817, 27 November 1937, Page 11
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