The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A sculpture of a woman with a child in her arms. Inspired by the love of his wife Slawa and young daughter Eva, Karl Duldig created this small scale sculpture. He was employed on kitchen duty whilst serving with the 8th Employment Company AIF in 1942 during the Second World War when he carved a number of small sculptures from potatoes, including this work. Duldig gave some of these carvings to officers as gifts. Three of these, however, including 'Mother and Child' remained in his possession in their plaster state until they were cast in bronze in 1992. Duldig and his family were deported to Australia in 1940 and interned at Tatura in Victoria, after fleeing Austria in 1938 and emigrating to Singapore, via Switzerland in 1939. Karl (Karol) Duldig (1902-1986) was born in Poland and became a well known sculptor in Australia.
Bronze sculpture depicting a nude crouching female figure, as a smooth, flowing form. The work is part of a series of three sculptures, all of female figures, which Duldig originally carved in potato
Bronze sculpture depicting a ¾ posed female figure, kneeling on one knee. The work is part of a series of three sculptures, all of female figures, which Duldig originally carved in potatoes while an
Bust of Captain Edward (Tip) Broughton, who was the commander of the 2nd A.I.F. 8th Employment Company. Set up to provide labour support to assist the war effort, the Employment Company consisted of m
A woman cradling a child on the shoreline, while bent rods surround her, the ghost of a dog leaps over her and United Nations ships sail in the Gulf . Gittoes wrote of this image: 'One of the most hea
Portrait of a seated Vietnamese mother holding her child in her lap.
Portrait of a woman carrying something on her head standing with young child surrounded by palms and village houses. Sidney Fort enlisted with the army during the Second World War in 1941. Serving m