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Rayner Hoff ( November 27, 1894 - November 19, 1937)
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Born on the Isle of Man, Hoff was the son of a stone and wood carver. He began helping his father on architectural commissions at a very young age and briefly attended the Nottingham School of Art. During World War I he was in the British army and fought in France, an experience from which he was to draw most passionately in the creation of his various war memorials.
Returning from the trenches following the War he enrolled in the Royal College of Art in London.
In 1922 Hoff won the Prix de Rome which allowed him the opportunity to study in Rome for the year.
He immigrated to Australia in 1923 where he became the Head Teacher for Sculpture and Modeling at East Sydney Technical College and set up his private studio. In 1933 he was named the head of the ESTC Art School
His premature death in 1937 at the age of 43 robbed the world of a fine artist and educator.
His modeling is in a lyrical, classical art-deco manner in which he facilely combines sensuous curves with geometric line patterns.
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