Artist: Leopoldine Mimovich (Austrian/Australian 1920-2019)
Title: Mother and Child. Signed L. Mimovich
Medium: Bronze on wooden plinth.
Sculpture Size: Height 11.5 cm x Width 7.5 cm.
Size with Plinth: Height 13 cm x Width 9.5 cm.
Condition: Excellent with a nice patina to the bronze.
Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney.
About: Born in 1920 in the village of Sankt Johann in the Pongau region of Austria, which is now a part of Italy. At the age of 20, Leopoldine Mimovich moved to Vienna, where she studied clay modelling and drawing. She later attended the School of Wood Sculpture in Hallstatt from 1943 to 1947. After her marriage to Ljubisa Mimovich, she migrated to Australia in 1949, eventually settling in Kew, where she established her studio.
One of her influences was English artist Henry Moore (1898-1986), and that influence is quite evident in this piece. Leopoldine undertook many commissions that reflected her Austrian traditions and Catholic background. A bronze and wood sculptor, painter and etcher, she was awarded an OAM for services to sculpture in 1985. Leopoldine's works are represented in numerous churches and public buildings in Australia and overseas.
Artist: Leopoldine Mimovich (Austrian/Australian 1920-2019)
Title: Mother and Child. Signed L. Mimovich
Medium: Bronze on wooden plinth.
Sculpture Size: Height 11.5 cm x Width 7.5 cm.
Size with Plinth: Height 13 cm x Width 9.5 cm.
Condition: Excellent with a nice patina to the bronze.
Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney.
About: Born in 1920 in the village of Sankt Johann in the Pongau region of Austria, which is now a part of Italy. At the age of 20, Leopoldine Mimovich moved to Vienna, where she studied clay modelling and drawing. She later attended the School of Wood Sculpture in Hallstatt from 1943 to 1947. After her marriage to Ljubisa Mimovich, she migrated to Australia in 1949, eventually settling in Kew, where she established her studio.
One of her influences was English artist Henry Moore (1898-1986), and that influence is quite evident in this piece. Leopoldine undertook many commissions that reflected her Austrian traditions and Catholic background. A bronze and wood sculptor, painter and etcher, she was awarded an OAM for services to sculpture in 1985. Leopoldine's works are represented in numerous churches and public buildings in Australia and overseas.
