Hans Lorraine

Work

2012
Died 14/8/12, Greenwich, Sydney, NSW.

1999-2012

Continued painting oils and watercolours and exhibited in shows in Mosman and North Sydney.

1998
Retired from full time work.

1969

Moved to Sydney, began work at Gordon M. Jenkins & Associates, Architects. Continued painting.

1954
Returned to Melbourne, worked as an architect, designed sets for the Victorian Opera Company, began painting.

1951-54

Worked as an architect in London and travelled in Europe, reuniting with parents in Germany.

1951
Won the Robert and Ada Hannon travelling scholarship to London.

1950
Completed Bachelor of Architecture, graduating with honours.

1949

Changed name to Hans John Lorraine.

1947
Became Australian citizen.

1946-50
Studied Architecture at University of Melbourne.

1942-46

Enlisted in the Australian army.

1940-42

Interned in camps at Hay, NSW and Tatura, Vic.

1940

Declared an enemy alien and transported on the HMT Dunera to Australia.

1937-39

Accepted in to Bedford Modern School, UK.

1937
From a Jewish family, escaped Nazi Germany, unaccompanied at the age of 13.

Exhibitions

2020

Hans Lorraine – Artist, Architect and Dunera Boy | WAS Gallery, Warragul, Victoria.

1999

Sydney to Warragul | Paintings with Anne Lorraine at The Old Pub, Boolarra, Victoria.