| Place | Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Hay |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART94539 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | framed: 118 x 80 cm; image: 104 x 68.2 cm |
| Object type | Painting |
| Physical description | oil on canvas |
| Maker |
Hofmann, Robert |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Hay |
| Date made | 1941 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
not titled [Portrait of Veronica Clancy]
Description
Veronica Clancy worked as a nurse at the Hay Internment Camp after she enlisted in 1940. She served with the 2/13 Australian General Field Hospital and after the sinking of the Vyner Brooke in 1942 she became a POW under the Japanese. This portrait was completed during Clancy's time at the Hay Internment Camp. Veronica recalled of the portrait that, "Robert Hofmann, an Austrian inmate of the hospital was very keen to paint a portrait of me."
Robert Hofmann was one of the refugees sent by the British Government on the ship 'Dunera' travelling from Liverpool to Australia in 1940. The British Government responded to public panic over the 'enemy within' and temporarily interned thousands of foreign nationals. Upon arrival Hofmann was first taken to Hay in New South Wales and later to Tatura in Victoria.