Horst Hahne

Horst Hahne PSM (born 1940 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany), is an Australian sculptor, medallist and designer.[1] Signature: "HH"

Life

He started school after WW2, and got his school certificate in 1955. He began his apprenticeship in typographic art & hand engraving in the same year at Ludwig & Mayer, an old established German type foundry in Frankfurt am Main. He also did part-time studies of typographic design. After finishing his apprenticeship as a hand engraver in 1958 Horst Hahne migrated to Australia in 1959.

From 1959 to 1965 he lived in Adelaide. In 1965 Hahne moved to Canberra, to work in the Australian Public Service at the Royal Australian Mint, as a hand-engraver of coin and medal dies.[2] From 1975 to 1983 he studied part-time figure & portrait drawing at the Canberra School of Art.

In 1996 he received the Public Service Medal, a civil decoration awarded to Australian public servants for outstanding service.[3]

After his retirement in 1998 Horst Hahne PSM continues to live in Canberra.

Work

Notes

  1. Hahne's CV of 1998 in: World of coins , retrieved on 4 December 2013
  2. Coin Designers: Horst Hahne, 13 June 2009, archived from the original on 28 December 2013
  3. Horst Hahne, coin engraver, Royal Australian Mint in: Museum Victoria, retrieved on 4 December 2013
  4. Hahne's CV of 1998 in: World of coins , retrieved on 4 December 2013
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