Theodore Golubic (December 9, 1928 – November 29, 1998) began his career as a painter but soon realized sculpture was his media. He studied sculpture at the Syracuse University under Ivan Meštrović and eventually became his assistant at Syracuse and Assistant Fellowship to Mestrovic at Notre Dame University. He was a guest teacher at Notre Dame and PBS "Art School of the Air." After receiving his Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Notre Dame (under Meštrović). Later in his career he created three-dimensional sculpture to four-dimensional art that involved shadow and light. He is referenced in Who's Who in American Art, exhibited and commissioned both regionally and nationally. As a creative artist, he combined both science and art, and received five US technology patents in semiconductors, one for a three-dimensional packaging design. Photo of works can be seen at his website Theodoregolubicart
Ted Golubic was born December 9, 1928, in Lorain, Ohio to Ivan and Illonka Safar Golubic. Ted attended Lorain High School where he graduated on January 2, 1947.
Ted married Rose Ieraci on November 27, 1958, in the Sacred Heart Chapel at Notre Dame, Indiana.
Ted had four children and seven grandchildren. His children are: Vincivan (Vince), Theodore Eric, Victor Gregory, and Georjia Terese. His grandchildren are: Jessica, John and Joey Motta, Michael and Teddy Golubic, and Sarah and Karly Golubic.
1951–1953: United States Army, Sergeant, Signal Message Chief. Honorably Discharged July, 1959Additional studies at Ohio State University from September 1947 to June 1948Studied with Ivan Olinsky and Jon Corbino at the Art Students' League from September 1953 to January 1954Started studies with Ivan Meštrović at Syracuse University on February 1954–June 1955, at personal invitation for Assistantship/FellowshipAssistant to Ivan Meštrović in 1955–1960Continued studies begun at Syracuse in deference to Meštrović's request when he accepted Distinguished Professor Post at N.D.1959 Summer Term, Guest Teacher, University of Notre Dame1960–1962 Draftsman, Redevelopment Department, South Bend, Indiana. Designed and executed all artwork, maps, ownership data and visual aids to assist eligibility criteria for structural buildings1965–1967 Sculptor Consultant, Rock of Ages Corporation. Consulted in matters of design and carving techniques. Eight bas-reliefs in an exclusive Crypt Series1969 Fall Teacher, Sculpture and drawing, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO1970–1971 Teacher, Sculpture and Mixed Media, San Diego Sculptor's Guild1971–1972 Artist-in-Residence, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, New Mexico1972–1996 Motorola Semiconductor, Phoenix, AZ1958–1997 Works commissioned/exhibited regionally and nationally (selected list follows) in 3 and 4 dimensional sculpture; teaching, and technological invention*, 1958–1997GUEST TEACHER, "Art School of the Air" ABC, Ch. 28, Elkhart, Indiana, 1962–63, five 1-hour demonstrations on live televisionEXPERIMENTAL EXPRESSION: Sun/Time (4D) Dimensional projection-shadow/spectral forms as produced by planetary rotation, 1962WORK FEATURED, DISCUSSED: Workshop, 28th Annual Conference, American Society for Aesthetics - "Light, Matter and Shadow Dynamics as Produced by Planetary Rotation", Boulder, Colorado, 1970INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM: "Beli Vencac", Arandjelovac, Yugoslavia. Invited sculptor, 1973INVENTOR: "Eureka Award" for a Semiconductor Chip Module, 1995; one of five patents for Motorola, SPS: 1974, 1979, 1985, 1989, 1995TESTAMENT SERIES: work in progress, never completed. St. Peter, St. Paul, David, St. Joseph, 1996–97SELECTED Juried/Invitational EXHIBITIONS 1955–3rd Regional Art Exhibition, Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, 1955. "Estelle", plaster castART USA:58, Madison Square Garden, New York. "Sermon on the Mount (Beatitudes)", mahoganyInvitational, St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN. 1958134th Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, 1959. "Angel of the Annunciation", marbleAnnual Faculty Exhibition, Univ. of Notre Dame Art Gallery, 1959. "Pegasus", drawingSecond Biennial of American Painting and Sculpture, Detroit Inst. of Art (November 1959–January 1960), "Martyrdom of St. Joan", wood burning155th Annual Exhibition of American Painting & Sculpture, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pa. 1960. "Martyrdom of St. Joan", wood burn carvingFestival of Religious Arts, 1961. Central Presbyterian Church, Rochester, N.Y. "Martyrdom of St. Joan" wood burn carvingUnitarian Society in Fall River, Fall River, MA. 1962. Oracle Amanita and St. Joan accepted but not able to deliverKalamazoo Institute of Art, 1964. Submitted "Discourse", plaster for bronzeOne Man Show, CBS television, Channel 22, South Bend, Indiana, sculpture exhibit and discussion of works September 1962 (read 1962 interview to follow)24th Annual Exhibition, Northern Indiana Art Salon, Hammond, IN. 1967. "Europa", hammered lead repousse, coated for safetyBiennial, South Bend Local Art Exhibition, 1967. "Oracle", cast iron (found pieces)13th Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Ball State Univ., Muncie, Indiana (March 1967) "Such That Have Windmills in Their Heads (Don Quixote)", cast iron (found pieces)34th Annual Exhibition, National Sculpture Society, Lever House Gallery, NYC, NY, 1967 "Evening", marbleNational Competition, Corcoran School of Art, Playground Proposal, 1967. "drawings".Mount Vernon Arts Council, Crafts & Good Design Show, Mount Vernon, Illinois, 1968. "Resurrection and Nativity", mahogany18th Annual National Exhibition, Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1967 "Resurrection", mahogany, honorable mention56th Annual National Exhibition, Art Association of Newport, Rhode Island, 1967. "Don Quixote", created of cast iron3rd Annual Art for Religion, Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1967. "Angel of the Annunciation", marble and "St. Francis", plaster5th Biennial Michiana Regional Show, South Bend Art Center, 1968. Two works — "Equinoctial Point", marble and "Such That Have Windmills in Their Head" (Don Quixote) created from cast iron11th Rhode Island Arts Festival, 1969. Submitted "Heliotrimorph", slides return delayed (read letter)Rochester Festival of Religious Art, 1969. Rochester, N.Y. "Nativity", mahoganyMainstreams '69. Submitted "Heliotrimorph", not shown for technical setup needs for lightsSan Diego Institute. "Evening" and "Resurrection". 6/1970ART FOR 1970, Southern California Expo, Del Mar, CA. 1970. "Oracle, Bird of Prophecy", of cast iron; Submitted "Discourse", plaster sculptureVISUAL ARTS WORKSHOP, "Heliotrimorph" work exhibited and discussed, American Society for Aesthetics, 28th Annual Conference, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1970First Contemporary International. Chico, CA. 3/1971. Submitted conceptual paper on "Gravity"Museum of New Mexico, 1972. Submitted "Times Color Arrow", acrylicOne Man Show, Roswell Museum and Art Center, at Sunspot, New Mexico, 1972. "Sun Touchstone", poured acrylic resin and black marble sandHUD, The National Community Arts Program, 1973: "Times Color Arrow" was accepted for their publication, #120, Pg 25Mainstreams '74. "Pad-a-Pod", Submitted assemblage of athletic knee pads and foam rubberDimensions '75. Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Az. "Free-Spirit" - Life/Light: Dimensional Drawing, boxed acrylic proto- form for shadow display, 43½ H × 25½ WExpressions of Faith V, National Juried Exhibition of Contemporary religious Art Work, 1991. A.P. Tell Gallery, Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZPublications (articles, referenced)
Vinko Nikolic (Ed.) Croatian Review, Jubilee Edition, Buenos Aires: Vol. 4 (December 1960) pp. 481–484Francis H. Eterovic and Dominic Spalatin: CROATIA: LAND, PEOPLE, CULTURE, (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1964), pp 332, 339Biographical Directory, Francis H. Eterovic (Ed.) DePaul University Press, Chicago, Illinois, 1970, pp. 35–36Author, Guest Editorial: American Art in Stone, March, 1967Cover, feature article: "In Art There Is Victory", American Art In Stone, April, 1967Valeria Hatch, "Westart", (California, November 20, 1970), pg. 3Quarterly Bulletin, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Vol. 19, No. 4, Fall, 1971 Ibid Vol. 20, No. 2, Spring, 1972Dictionary of International Biography, Vol. xi, 1974"Who's Who in the West", 1984–Biography: "Who's Who in American Art", 1973–1996CRUCIFIXION CORPUS, bronzed, over life-size, main altar, Little Flower Church, South Bend, IN. 1957ANGELS IN MOURNING, limestone, 12 life-size figures in high relief, main altar, St. Joseph's Church, Gary IN. 1960CIRCE, bronze bas-relief for Mrs. H. Fredrick Willkie, Elwood, IN.; Madrid, Spain 1961MODUnit, a set of 14 Modular tile units offering unlimited combinations in free-form compositional relief, designed exclusively for Cerilean Products Co., South Bend, IN. 1962ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER, heroic-size, limestone, high relief, St. Joseph the Worker Church, South Bend, IN. 1964MAUSOLEUM SCULPTURE SERIES, eight bas-reliefs exclusively for Rock of Ages Corp., Barre, VT. 1965–66NATIVITY, limestone, free-standing high relief for the Cathedral Church of the Nativity, Loras J. Watters, Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, 1967ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, heroic-size, free-standing bronze, St. John's Church, Lorain, OH. 1967INVENTOR: Three-Dimensional Interconnected Integrated Circuit for Motorola, Patent 1989. Became derivative for other inventorsINVENTOR "Eureka Award", for a Semiconductor Chip Module, 1995; one of 4 earlier patents for Motorola SPS: 1974, 1979, 1985TESTAMENT SERIES for Mausoleum Project: DAVID, St. PAUL, ST. PETER, ST. JOSEPH (project not completed — Sculptor deceased 11/29/99)Military Service: United States Army Sergeant, Signal Message Chief, 1951–53; Honorably Discharged 7/1959Madonna & Child, 1954–55 (remains at Syracuse University Storage) plaster, made several other modelsAngel Gabriel, 1954. Plaster sketchSermon on the Mount in mahogany (Beatitudes), 1954. Shown in FIRST ART USA:58, NYC. for Judy Juhl Foster in Warrensburg, MoPortrait of Estelle, 1955Battling Centaur, 1955. Plaster sketchPortrait of Nancy, 1955. plasterPortrait of Stasha, 1955. plasterPortrait of Peggy, 1955. plasterDarlene, portrait and full figure, 1955Greek Girl (Vassiliky), portrait, cast stone, 1956. Owned by Vince GolubicEgyptian Madonna, 59" high, 1956. Plaster, copper patinaSt. John, 1956 (Plaster sketch) shown in "Hrvaska Revija" booklet. Copy of issue available.Lazarus, 1956. Plaster sketchMadonna's Head, 1956. Bronze (done at N.D.) 19" highEuropa & the Bull, 1956. Hammered lead repousse (coated for safety) done at N.D. 28" highCaryatid (or Winter), 1956. Brazilian rosewood, left over from project ordered by Meštrović for his work. Very heavy, over life-size. (also did a plaster Caryatid sketch, 26" 1958)Slave,(Meditation) 1956. Plaster for bronze, over-life size 76" high. (Altered in genital area in 1969).St. John, 1956. Limestone, Bob Mejer at Quincy University may know the whereabouts, possibly given to Professor Sessler, may have been paintedBoszko portrait, 1956Lipathian Maid (Sabine Woman), 1956. Plaster. Was sawed in half to make it into a relief before we left South Bend, in 1969 (renamed Sabine Women) wood frame was put around it. Had been in Lakeville, IN.Portrait of Fr. B. Sauvigny, done at Notre Dame, 1956Meštrović Portrait, 1956. Done at N.D., no longer availableWinged Victory, 1957 Hammered lead repousse, (coated for safety) done at N.D.Penelope (Andromeda), 1957. Plaster, copper patina. 27" high, base 14" × 27"Adolescent Christ, 1957. Plaster, bronzed patina, 62" high. School in Chicago planned purchase to donate it as a present from the graduating classSphinx (Georgia as Sphinx), 1957. Plaster, bronze patinaDiscourse, plaster. 1957. 22". Very successful impressionistic modelingCrucifixion Corpus, 1957. Life-size, plaster, for altar at St. Theresa Little Flower Church, South Bend, INSt. John, 1957. Plaster sketches for Des Plaines Mausoleum proposalAngel of Annunciation, 1958. Marble. (Exhibited at ART FOR RELIGION EXHIBIT, Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Indianapolis, IN.) 12" × 14"David, 1958. 16", plaster sketchEvening, 1958. Marble 11½" × 13"St. Paul, 1958. Plaster, copper patina. (Joe Simeri, family friend and lawyer in South Bend who represented Ted for Redevelopment case. Ted then left Redevelopment and went to work for Cerilean Products.My Portrait, 1958. Plaster, made before our wedding.Head of St. John, 1958. Plaster, bronze patinaMartyrdom of St. Joan, 1959. Burned wood carving. Exhibited at Detroit Institute of Art and Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1960Horus, 1959. (sketch). Left at 727 Turnock St. Was experiment to add channels to pour wax for quicker mold. Also left plaster portrait of Josip Turkalj. Executed in 1955.Adam & Eve (Queen of Adam), 1959. 46", Mahogany. Given to Diane Dudley, her husband,Tom, may still have it. Letters available. (Diane may have sold it before her death). Should try to contact Dayna Marie Dudley (married to Randall L. Youts in Mishawaka, IN. Sculpture could be donated if still available).Angels in Mourning, 1959. Limestone reliefs of 12 angels for altar in Gary, Indiana church. Josip Turkalj did the other side. Read the history.Entombment, 1959. Small plaster reliefAssumption, 1959. Sketch for Mr. Miholich. His sister, Irene who worked at Redevelopment, encouraged Ted to do it.Cardinal Stepinac, 1959. Plaster, very symbolic relief depicting him as prisoner/martyr. 48" highCardinal Stepinac, 1959 (Carved in granite from Meštrović model for permanent display in Key West, Florida)Cardinal Mindzenty, 1959 (Carved in granite from Meštrović model for permanent display in Key West, Florida)Resurrection, 1959. 64", Mahogany, made of many pieces glued together. The original wood piece that was used for chest area inspired Ted to assemble pieces for the final carving.Dedo and Nana Portraits. 1959Tenth Station, 1960. Plaster relief, 12" × 18"Crucifixion, 2 plaster sketches, 1960St. Francis, 1960. Plaster figure, 40" high. For Rev. J. Kriszmanich, O. F. M., Detroit, MichiganDr. Herbert Schiller, 1960. Plaster, patina. Portrait of obstetrician who delivered Ted and Roses children- Vince, Tho, Victor, and Georjia children, including the children of Roses two sisters.Oracle Amanita or Shades of the Shadow, 1960. Painted acrylic mixed with sand. Sculptural form was to symbolize atom bomb, the interior proto-form was symbol of humanity, lit by artificial lights. Was made at 914 N. Notre Dame Ave. Basement. So large did not know if it could be taken out of basement, gave it to Vince Mejer and donated to Notre Dame. The only other Shadow Proto-form was reproduced later and put in box as it now exists as "Free Spirit".Heliotrimorph, 1961. 13" × 35" × 35" Copper, sun/time, shadow and light. Shown at Seminar for Aesthetics in Denver, Colorado in 1972 right after law trial in Kansas City against college in Warrensburg. Derived and improved from original that was given to a flower shop in South Bend in 1969 (appropriately, it looked like a plant).Circe, bronze bas-relief, 1961Vogue Maternal, 48" plaster relief, 1961Interlude (Ballerina), 1962. Plaster figure 38" high, done on television, Ch. 28, ABC, Elkhart "Art School of the Air" through influence of Josef Wrobel. Also did portrait of Bob Mejer on television. Christmas Theme was also done on television around that time.Vincivan, 1962. Plaster, life-size, as if drawing at a tableTheo, 1962. Plaster, life-size seated figureMelanie, 1962. Plaster portrait, done on Elkhart television Ch. 28, of East Indian girl that Ted met on N.D. campus.Nativity, 1963. Mahogany, high relief, gave to Aunt Jo to donate to U.S.C. for Paul's benefit as a memory of her assistance in 1971 when we returned to Escondido from Warrensburg, MO.Don Quixote, 1965. Cast iron found pieces, head moves manually, making it seem that eyes come together.Oracle, 1965. 43" high. Cast iron found pieces, looks like upside down bird. Historically symbolizes entrails of birds which were read for prophecies.St. Joseph the Worker, 1965. 10' Limestone high relief for facade of renovated St. Joseph Church, South bend, IN. Ted donated his skills and a parishioner (Paul Krueper) donated the cost.Rock of Ages, 1965–66. Eight plaster models for Crypt Series to be finalized in marble: Prayerful Angel, Guardian Angel with Scroll, Christ and the Children, Gethsemane, Good Shepherd, Madonna and Child, Sacred Heart and Resurrection ProjectVersfeld, 1965. Plaster portrait of Martin Versfeld, Cape Town philosopher, teaching at Notre Dame on temporary assignment.Ieraci Monument, 1966. Marble and granite, at N.D. cemetery..St. John, 1967. Cast in bronze, over-life size, in Mexico. For Dedo and Nana's honor in Lorain, Ohio church.St. Patrick, 1967. Plaster sketchEquinoctial Point, 1967. 20" × 16" × 15" Marble, first 4-Dimensional sculpture using embedded prism. Shown in South Bend, IN. Art Center.Nativity, 1968. Limestone, for Cathedral of the Nativity church in Dubuque, IowaSolar Cylinder, 1971. 14" dia. × 7" w. Acrylic resin, lycra, rubber, and sun spectra, done at RoswellTime's Color Arrow, 1971. Acrylic resin, done at Roswell.Sun Touchstone, 1972. 54" × 38" × 36" Acrylic resin mixed with black sand. Done at Roswell, shown at Sunspot, N.M.Testament Series, 1974–75. St. Paul, St. Joseph, St. Peter, and Song of David. Proposals for All Saints Mausoleum, Des Plaines, ILSpectral Emanations, 1976. 120" × 36" × 5" Scale model for crypt interior for Resurrection Mausoleum proposal. Des Plaines, ILSun Slice, 1980. Scale modelSolar Seize, 1980. Scale modelSun-Cube, 1988. 68" × 48" × 48" Scale model, evolving, diurnal spectra for Phoenix proposalPad-a-Pod, 1988. assemblage of athletic knee pads and foam rubberOnce-and-for-All, (The Passion), 1993. Steel, wire, wood.Swift-as-a-Swallow (Arundel), 1993. 21" × 21" × 10". Horse of the Knight Bevis, 3 p.m. culminationJohnny Appleseed, 1996. Still in clay maquette form.St. Francis (Canticle of the Sun), 1996. Still in clay maquette formThe Passion, (Veil of Veronica). 1996. 20" × 17" × 7" Calligraphic shadow culmination at high noonMemory of a Dream (MLK), 1996. A Memorial Garden, Spectral stripe honors 1 of 4 events in life of MLK, JRPEACE PAVILION: 1997 (Scale model) Nobel Peace Laureates are honored by celestial/spectral markersPlayground ProposalsNumerous Drawings
