Mack Jost Collection

The Mack Jost Gallery displays mainly items from the collection of Horsham Gallery’s major benefactor, the late Mr Mack Jost OA.

Mack Jost was born in Horsham in 1918 and became a significant pianist and teacher of music.  Between 1962 and 1969 he toured nine times abroad giving recitals in London, Paris, Berlin, Moscow, Amsterdam, Vienna, Stockholm, Athens and Istanbul. In 1969 he was invited to the Soviet as a special guest, later making four such tours for the British Council. In addition he presented over three hundred programmes as a soloist and chamber music player for the ABC. Mack Jost was awarded the Order of Australia in 1986 for services to music and the arts.

Mack Jost began collecting artwork in the late 1950s. Artists represented in the collection include John Glover, John Longstaff, Rupert Bunny, Max Meldrum, John Olsen, Charles Blackman, Leonard French, Anne Graham, Jennifer Marshall, Neil Douglas and Sidney Nolan.  Each year Mr Jost donated a  number of works from his collection to the Gallery. 

On September 15, 2000 Mr Jost died  and is much mourned by the Gallery and its supporters.

Horsham and the surrounding Wimmera community are proud recipients of his magnificent collection.

Laurence Scott Pendelbury:
Mack Jost, 1982

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