Pam Hallandal

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Pam Hallandal
Born16 January 1929
Melbourne, Australia
Died25 September 2018(2018-09-25) (aged 89)
Melbourne, Australia
Education1956 - 1957 Central School of Arts and Crafts, London, England, UK c.1950 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria
Known forDrawing and Printmaking
MovementAustralian Figurative Drawing
AwardsDobell Drawing Prize 1996 and 2009

Pam Hallandal (16 January 1929 - 25 September 2018) [1] was an Australian artist, best known for her work in drawing and print making. [2]

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Early life and education

Born in Melbourne, Australia in 1929 Hallandal was the daughter of an amateur painter and architect. She studied sculpture and ceramics and RMIT c.1950 and at the Central School of Art in London from 1956 - 1957. From the 1960s Pam's practice shifted to focus on drawing. [3] She had originally enrolled in the sculpture department of RMIT, but was discouraged from attending because of her small stature and minimal limp, a result of childhood polio. [4]

Career

Hallandal's initial work was focused on small scale modernist sculpture. However, from the early the 1970s to the present day she became well known for drawing and printmaking. Hallandal taught at the George Bell School, was the Head of drawing at Prahran Technical College, which later became Victoria College Prahran, finishing her long and dedicated career in education at Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne. Hallandel championed observational drawing, draftsmanship and drawing education keeping the practice alive within the tertiary syllabus in Victoria.

Work

Hallandal's drawings are figurative charcoal, pastel and ink works on paper. Using dramatic effects through contrasting light and shadow Hallandel's works are dark and expressive. She recorded her distinctive vision of the world and the life that takes place around her from prosaic details of suburban life to tragic and cataclysmic world events. [5] Portraits, self-portraits, global and daily scenes like the triptych To the tune of the cash register, 1991, [6] Hallandels's works are bold, gestural and often foreboding.

Public collections

Awards and nominations

Pam Hallandal was awarded the Australian Dobell Drawing Prize for excellence in drawing in 1996 and 2009. [11]

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