Tom Bass(1916-2010)
Thomas Dwyer Bass was a renowned Australian sculptor. Born in Emmeline, New South Wales, he studied at the Dattilo Rubbo Art School and the National Art Schoo. In 1941 he married an artist, Lenore Rays; having three children; and which ended in 1981.
In 1974 he established the Tom Bass Sculpture School in Sydney.
In 1985 he married a doctor, Margo Hoekstra. In 1988, he was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for services to sculpture. In 2009, he was admitted to the degree of Doctor of Visual Arts (honoris causa) at the University of Sydney. He passed away in 2010.