Nationality United States Books Charles Umlauf, sculptor Known for Sculpture | Role Artist Name Charles Umlauf | |
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Patrons Works Progress Administration Education School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1934–1936), School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1929–1932) Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada | ||
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Charles Umlauf (July 17, 1911 – November 19, 1994) was an American sculptor and teacher who was born in South Haven, Michigan.
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- Umlauf sculpture garden museum central texas gardener
- Charles umlauf refugees
- Selected works
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In 1929 he began three years of study with Albin Polasek at the Art Institute of Chicago. He subsequently spent one year as an assistant to Lorado Taft at his Midway Studio before returning to the AIC where he remained until 1937. Those years saw a growth in Umlauf's interest in the more abstract sculptures being produced in Europe, and as a consequence, his own pieces became increasingly abstracted.
The Great Depression years found Umlauf employed by the WPA Federal Art Project, creating art for a Chicago school as well as several Federal projects.
In 1941 Umlauf accepted a position at the University of Texas school of art in Austin, Texas and taught there for 40 years. Artists teaching at UT included Loren Mozley, Everett Spruce, Kelly Fearing, Seymour Fogel,and William Lester. In 1981, Umlauf retired as a professor emeritus. In 1985 he and his wife Angeline Allen Umlauf donated their home, his studio and many works of art to the Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum which in located on city property.
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Selected works
