Stanley Hammond (sculptor)

Hammond was born in Trentham, Victoria[1] He studied art at Daylesford Technical School and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and worked as an assistant to Orlando Dutton between 1930 and 1932, then with Paul Montford 1933 to 1936.

[2] In 1935 he entered and won a design competition for a Pioneer Miners' memorial at Stawell, Victoria and turned professional in 1936.

[4] He worked with Allen on the bluestone Fallen Warrior and a ten-foot (3 m) freestone sculpture for the Russell Street telephone exchange.

[2] Hammond served as visiting lecturer at RMIT from 1936 to 1941, when he enlisted with the Army, then from 1945 to 1960.

[2] The Stanley Hammond sculpture prize (inaugurated in 1953) was named in his honour.