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Marcella Augusta Hempel, (birthname Tilg, first married name Tilg-Senff) (29 December 1915, Berlin, Germany– 9 December 2010, Canberra, Australia) was a textile artist, second generation Bauhaus master weaver and lecturer in textiles.[1][2][3][4][5][6] She was one of many émigré artists who came to Australia after the second world war, bringing training and expertise from Europe. She became a respected leader in the Australian Crafts Movement.[7][8][9] Hempel designed and wove products such as rugs and scarves which were commissioned or exhibited by Australian companies, private collectors and craft and art galleries.[10][2][11] Her work received a gold medal award from the Australian Wool Board.[12] She lectured in Dresden then at the University of Applied Arts in Berlin, taught textile design at East Sydney Technical College, was the inaugural lecturer in textiles at the Riverina-Murray Institute of Higher Education (formerly Riverina College of Advanced Education, now Charles Sturt University-Wagga Wagga campus) and was conferred with a Honoris Causa award of Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts) after retirement.[13][2][3][14] Her woven travel rugs are held in national art collections.[1][15]
- ^ a b "NGA collection search results". cs.nga.gov.au. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ a b c McPhee, John (1997). "Sanctuaries: Three textile artists in Australia". In Butler, Roger (ed.). The Europeans: Emigre artists in Australia 1930–1960. National Gallery of Australia. p. 73.
- ^ a b Daily Advertiser, Wagga Wagga NSW, “Honour for inaugural lecturer in textiles” 1989
- ^ Hempel, M, MS 5 Marcella Hempel, National Gallery of Australia archives
- ^ Edquist, Harriet, "Marcella Hempel and the Impact of German Émigré Weavers in Postwar Australian Design" Realisms of the Avant-Garde (University of Münster, 2018) | European Network for Avant-Garde and Modernism Studies conference paper, 2018, http://eam-europe.be/realisms-avant-garde-university-m%C3%BCnster-2018 Retrieved 2021-04-22.
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:13was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Australian Craftworks, exhibition pamphlet, Marcella Hempel: Master weaver: A celebration of 50 years of weaving June–July 1986
- ^ The Australian, “The trend that says Advance Australiana!”, 28 August 1983
- ^ Wood Conroy, Diana and Clark, Hazel, The Handbook of Textile Culture. 2015
- ^ Invitation to exhibition, Design Arts Centre, Brisbane, “Marcella Hempel”, private viewing, 13 June 1969, exhibition 9–27 June 1969
- ^ "Women hold up half the sky :: event at :: at Design and Art Australia Online". www.daao.org.au. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ Narek Craft Galleries, exhibition invitation, "Marcella Hempel, Gino Sanguineti", July 1972
- ^ Bull, Kelly. "Timeline". about.csu.edu.au. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ "Papers of Marcella Hempel : 1945–1984". national-gallery.primo.exlibrisgroup.com. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ "Wool travel rug made by Marcella Hempel". collection.maas.museum. Retrieved 21 April 2021.