Ieva Pocius interviewed by Rob Linn in the Mortlock Library collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 3793706
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Pocius, Ieva, 1923-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2006
- 1 sound file (ca. 62 min.)
- Series:
- Mortlock Library collection.
- Summary:
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Ieva Pocius, born 1923 in Lithuania, talks about her family background and early life in the rural north of Lithuania; education; her memories of the Great Depression; her work as a translator; the impact of Nazi Germany on Lithuania; Russian invasion in 1941; her marriage to Martyn in 1943; fleeing to East Prussia in 1944, then South Australia in 1950; attending Adelaide School of Art, studying sculpture and other arts; the influence of John Dowie, Alex Leckie and Paul Beadle; materials she most enjoyed sculpting with; her inspirations; first exhibitions; selling artwork; appointment as part time lecturer in sculpture; her piece on Catherine Helen Spence; winning an award to Salzburg Academy in 1970; the growing interest in art in South Australia; her work methods; the challenges for artists.
- Biography/History:
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Ieva Pocius, born 1923 in Lithuania, is an Australian sculptor. Originally working as a translator in Lithuania, she migrated to Australia in 1950 and studied sculpture at Adelaide School of Art, and also Salzburg Academy in Austria. She has exhibited widely in Australia, and also Austria, and has also lectured in sculpture.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on September 25, 2006 at Parkside, S. Aust.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (2 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 39 leaves)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Sculptors
- Other authors/contributors:
- Linn, Rob, interviewer
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