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Sculptor, Plastic Art, b. 1940 - d. 2010

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      • Peter Hugh Blizzard OAM, Australian 1940-2010, Reflected Moon-2009, steel, painted aluminium, brass, 700 (ht) x 450 (w).
        Sep. 19, 2023

        Peter Hugh Blizzard OAM, Australian 1940-2010, Reflected Moon-2009, steel, painted aluminium, brass, 700 (ht) x 450 (w).

        Est: $30,000 - $50,000

        Peter Hugh Blizzard OAM Australian, 1940-2010 Reflected Moon-2009 steel, painted aluminium, brass Provenance: The Private Collection of John and Pauline Gandel Melbourne. This work is currently on view at Point Leo Estate Sculpture Park, 3649 Frankston-Flinders Road, Merricks VIC 3916 (Open daily seven days a week from 11am) Collection arrangements by the buyer needs to be discussed and arranged with us well in advance. Peter Blizzard by Ken Scarlett OAM. Peter Blizzard, OAM, played a significant role in the development of contemporary Australian sculpture and his work reflected a profound reverence for the Australian landscape and for nature in general. He was the subject of a major retrospective at the Art Gallery of Ballarat in November 2010 until January 26, 2011, which traced the development of his work. Blizzard came to sculpture after early years as an engineering draftsman and graphic designer. He left school at 15 and later gained a diploma in graphic design, mainly by attending night classes. For many years he worked as a designer of large-scale exhibition stands for international trade conventions, as well as designing posters, stamps, tapestries, medallions and banners. Having always wanted to be an artist, however, he was, by the late 1960s, also exhibiting paintings and sculpture. Religious commissions for Stations of the Cross and a Crucifixion in 1971 further stimulated his interest in sculpture; major commissions for the Gold Museum in Ballarat and Deakin University at Geelong followed. In 1972, he was appointed lecturer in sculpture at Ballarat University - where he was admired as an inspiring and dedicated teacher - a post he held until he retired in 1995. Between 1973 and 1983 Blizzard and his wife, Liz, designed and built a home, basically from reclaimed materials, at Greendale. The city boy, born in working-class Brunswick, had found his place in the bush, a move that was to have a profound effect on his sculpture. It was a hectic time: full-time lecturing, building the house, raising a young family, playing drums in a jazz band in Melbourne, volunteering in the local community, producing sculptures. In retirement, however, he had more time to ponder and draw, and his career as a sculptor reached new heights. The landscape that he loved was the source of his inspiration and he evolved a series of personal symbols - a semi-circle hinting at a rainbow, a full circle the moon, an undulating line a river, while a series of peaks suggested mountain ranges. These works became visible expressions of his philosophy: 'Venerate the earth and walk lightly upon it.' By good fortune Blizzard acquired discarded offcuts of steel and he immediately saw the possibilities of using these to suggest the movement of the sea and the patterns of the waves. Works such as the profoundly beautiful Seascape Whale Song followed. Placed within a rectangle, a large square, or the confines of a circle, the lines of his curving steel took on a musicality, reading almost as the notation for musical performances. If lecturing had placed limitations upon Blizzard's time to produce sculpture there was an unexpected side benefit: among his students was a Japanese woman who returned to Japan intent on promoting her lecturer's work. Thus followed a series of highly successful exhibitions, several commissions and in 2006, a solo exhibition at the prestigious Hakone Open-Air Museum. Blizzard is the only Australian to be so honoured. The Japanese public responded instinctively to his respect for, and use of, natural materials, his craftsmanship, and the symbolism informing his work such as stone altar-like pieces. The boy who had left school at 15 had come a long way. Besides exhibitions and commissions in Japan, he had commissions for a series of major works such as Bay Totem at St Kilda, Shrine to the Ancient River, Little Collins Street in Melbourne, and Moorabool Earth Totem in the main street of Ballan, as well as the monumental Australian Ex-prisoners of War Memorial in Ballarat. Edited with permission from the obituary by Ken Scarlett SMH 21 January 2010.

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      • Peter Hugh Blizzard (1940-2010)
        Nov. 04, 2020

        Peter Hugh Blizzard (1940-2010)

        Est: $2,000 - $3,000

        White Cloud bronze, marble, sandstone

        Shapiro Auctioneers
      • Peter Blizzard (1940-2010)
        Apr. 16, 2020

        Peter Blizzard (1940-2010)

        Est: $400 - $600

        Untitled (Cloud Shrine) cast metal

        Shapiro Auctioneers
      • PETER BLIZZARD (1940-2010)
        Sep. 16, 2014

        PETER BLIZZARD (1940-2010)

        Est: $5,000 - $7,000

        Serpent Stone Tabernacle stone, corten steel and concrete 170 x 132 x 30cm

        Leonard Joel
      • PETER BLIZZARD (1940-2010) Untitled welded steel with concrete base
        Mar. 19, 2013

        PETER BLIZZARD (1940-2010) Untitled welded steel with concrete base

        Est: $3,000 - $5,000

        PETER BLIZZARD (1940-2010) Untitled welded steel with concrete base 222cm (height, including base)

        Leonard Joel
      • Peter Hugh Blizzard - Stone Cloud You Yangs, 2005
        Oct. 23, 2012

        Peter Hugh Blizzard - Stone Cloud You Yangs, 2005

        Est: $7,000 - $10,000

        Peter Hugh Blizzard Stone Cloud You Yangs, 2005 brass, stone and aluminium 76 x 55 x 25 cm

        Mossgreen Auctions
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