• Title
  Paul Mezulianik drawings
• Creator
  Paul Mezulianik, 1921-2019
• Call number
  PXD 1616
  P2/593
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  approximately 1940s
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings
• Reference code
  9670896
• Physical Description
  259 drawings (on 186 sheets) - pencil, charcoal ink, watercolour, pastel - 72 x 47 cm or smaller
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Paul Mezulianik (1921-2019) was born in Vienna, Austria, the only child of Rudolf and Gisela Mezulianik. Paul’s mother was Jewish and Paul was one of around 2,000 mostly Jewish men deported from England on HMT Dunera, after being classed as an enemy alien during the Second World War. Mezulianik had been living in the UK as an Austrian refugee since May 1939, working on a farm in Yorkshire.
  
  In Australia, Mezulianik was held at the Hay Internment and Prisoner of War Camp from September 1940 until May 1941. While there, he lived in Camp 8, Hut 20. He was then moved to Tatura internment camp in Victoria, where he remained until July the following year. He returned to Britain on the TSS Themistocles on 18 July 1942.
  
  Reference:
  Spark, S. 'Become what you are!'. Inside Story. 17 May 2021
• Collection history
  Donor is Paul Mezulianik's stepdaughter.
• Scope and Content
  The collection mainly comprises portrait and figure drawings. There appear to be some drawings relating to Mezulianik's time spent in Hay and Tatura internment camps, however the majority are thought to have been created after his release in 1942. Most drawings are untitled and undated.
  
  BOXES 1-10
  Drawings including portraits and figure drawings of men, women and a child. Includes pencil, charcoal, ink, pastel and watercolour.
  Boxes 1-3 contain drawings possibly relating to Hay and Tatura internment camps.
  
  P2/593
  Portrait of Mezulianik by Robert Hofmann, created in approximately 1941-1942. Hofmann's inscription on the portrait appears to read: 'Werde, was Du bist!', 'Become what you are!'. (Located separately at call number: P2/593)
• Copying Conditions
  In copyright:
  Copyright holder:: State Library of New South Wales
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  73 sheets have drawings on the front and back.
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Some drawings signed by Mezulianik
  Drawing by Robert Hofmann signed lower right
• Date note
  
  Date estimated by Dr Seumas Spark
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Hofmann, Robert, 1889-1987
  
• Subject
  Mezulianik, Paul, 1921-2019--Portraits.
  Figure drawing
  Portrait drawing.
  Nude in art
  Refugees--Australia.
  Jewish refugees--Australia.
  Dunera: Stories of Internment.
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Dunera: Stories of Internment - State Library of New South Wales (August 2024 - May 2025). Applies to: P2/593; PXD 1616/Box 1/Items 1-3, 8, 11, 15-16, 27, 29; PXD 1616/Box 3/Item 1
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE20833664

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