Ingeborg (Inge) Neufeld
Other names: Mrs. Winter, Inge King
Born 26 November 1918
Active: 1941 - 2013
Sculptor
Born in Berlin, Germany of Jewish parents. Ingeborg (Inge) studied first with Hermann Nonnenmacher (1892-1988) between 1936-7, and then at the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts from 1937-8. She was forced to flee Germany in 1938 and came to England in 1939. Ingeborg studied at the Royal Academy Schools for two terms until the war forced its closure.
From 1941-3 she attended sculpture classes with Benno Schotz at Glasgow School of Art. Afterwards she remained in Glasgow until 1947 teaching in nursery schools under a war service scheme. In 1950 she met the Australian artist Grahame King, at The Abbey Arts Centre in Hertfordshire, England. They were married and moved to Australia in 1951, settling in Melbourne. Inge works and exhibits under her married name.
Includes information from Jane Eckett, 'Modernist Sculpture in Australia: Group of Four, Centre Five and the Europeans', doctoral thesis, University of Melbourne, begun 2009. There is a monograph about her work entitled 'Inge King' (2009) written by Judith Trimble and Ken McGregor.
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
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Locations
Address 2 Kirklee Road Glasgow | View on map
1941 (Circa) - 1944 (Circa)
Address 4 Somerset Place Mews Glasgow | View on map
1944 (Circa) - 1945 (Circa)
Address c/o Mackenzie 13 Southpark Avenue Glasgow | View on map
1946 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Eighty-Second Annual Exhibition, 1943
'Three Drunkards'
Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Annual Exhibition, 1861-1951
1941 - 1944
Exhibited 4 times (an average of 2 works per show)
Exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition, 1826-
1943 - 1946
Exhibited at the annual exhibition 4 times: 1943 (2 works), 1944 (2 works), 1945 (1 work) and 1946 (1 work).
Institutional and Business Connections
Student at Royal Academy Schools
1939
She attended the Royal Academy Schools for two terms
Student at The Glasgow School of Art
1941 - 1943
Personal and Professional Connections
Friends with George Bradley Innes
Introduced by Benno Schotz c.1943
Friends with Margaret Kennedy Mackenzie (Priest)
1939 (Circa)
Whilst studying sculpture at Glasgow School of Art. Neufeld taught Mackenzie how to carve in wood
Friends with Alison E.F. Watson
1942 (Circa)
Whilst studying sculpture at Glasgow School of Art
Received patronage from Kathleen Evelyn Crosbie McNeil
They were also friends
Studied under Benno Schotz
1941 - 1943
At Glasgow School of Art
Citing this record
'Ingeborg (Inge) Neufeld', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib6_1251119340, accessed 29 Mar 2023]
