Historical information

Hans Knorr (1915-1988) was a sculptor in bronze, wood, stone and mixed media - many of which were commissioned for churches. Hans was trained as a cabinet maker in Germany. Following internment in Victoria during world War II, he married author Hilde Dent in 1948, decided to remain in Australia and earned international acclaim as a sculptor. In 1961, he opened his own gallery, the Emerald Gallery in Emerald, which he ran for many years. Hilde Knorr (1917 – 2009) Descended from English and Scottish pioneers of the Latrobe Valley, Hilde Knörr grew up in the Moe-Warragul district, then studied music in Melbourne. She married the Bavarian-born sculptor, Hans Knörr, and began writing articles and short stories when her children were small. She published novels, short fiction, biography and poetry. She also published the non-fiction works Religious Art in Australia (1967) and Merriang: An Early Victorian Homestead (1981), a property at Myrtleford, Victoria, where Knörr had resided. She and Hans lived in Emerald for many years.

Physical description

8 Books - (1) Shoemakers children, (2) Peacock Morning, (3) A Private Viewing, (4) Group with Lady, (5) Journey with a Stranger, (6) From an Australian Homestead (7) Merriang - an Early Victorian Homestead,
(8) Sculpture of Hans Knorr


Donated by Patty Heyward

Inscriptions & markings

Some Hilde Knorr books inscribed to Lil Hudson
"sculpture of Hans Knorr" inscribed with " with love to Lil from Hans and Hilde Christmas 1976"