CHARLES UMLAUF (1911-1994)

Charles Umlauf's sculptures range in style from realistic and abstract expressionism to lyrical abstraction. His influences include Rodin, Henry Moore and Jacques Lipschitz.

He was born in South Haven Michigan in 1911 of German immigrant parents and studied at the Chicago School of Sculpture and the Chicago Art Institute. He worked at numerous jobs in Chicago including the Federal Art Project for which he did sculpture commissions for public buildings.

He moved to Austin Texas in 1941 with his family where he taught for 40 years in the Art Department of the University of Texas. From 1960 until 1991 he personally supervised the casting of his sculptures in various foundries in Italy. Charles Umlauf died in 1994.

His sculptures are to be found in churches, at numerous public sites, in museums including the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C, and the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art as well as in many private collections.

In 1985 he and his wife, Angeline Allen Umlauf, gave their home and studio with sculptures, drawings and paintings to the Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum.

Born: 1911, Michigan
Died: 1994, Austin, Texas

Education:
1929 Art Institute of Chicago; studied and worked with Frederick Hibbard, Albin Polasek and Edouard Chassaing

Selected One Person Exhibitions:
1943 Whitte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, Texas
1945 Fort Worth Children's Museum, sponsored by the Forth Worth Public Library, Fort Worth,
Texas
1946 Mortimer Levitt Gallery, New York
1947 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
1948 Mortimer Levitt Gallery, New York
1951 Mortimer Levitt Gallery, New York
1953 Betty McLean Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1955 Library of Incarnate World College, San Antonio, Texas
Passedoit Gallery, New York
1956 Thomas Fine Arts Center, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas
1957 Cushman Gallery, Houston, Texas
Student Memorial Center of Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas
1958 Kendall Gallery, San Angelo, Texas
1959 Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1963 El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas
1964 Houston Galleries, Houston, Texas
Abilene Museum of Fine Arts, Abilene, Texas
1966 Galleria d'Arte Santacroce, Florence, Italy
1967 Umlauf Retrospective, University of Texas Art Museum, Austin, Texas
1970 Beaumont Art Museum, Beaumont, Texas
1971 La Galeria de Los Cruces, Corpus Christi, Texas
1974 Shook-Carrington Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
1975 Umlauf Home and Sculpture Garden showings, Austin, Texas
1977 Sol Del Rio Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
Umlauf Home and Sculpture Garden showings, Austin, Texas
1978 Umlauf Home and Sculpture Garden showings, Austin, Texas
1979 T.V. Robinson Galleries, Houston, Texas
Umlauf Home and Sculpture Garden showings, Austin, Texas
1980 Retrospective Exhibition, Archer M. Huntington Art Galleries, Austin, Texas
1995 "Memorial Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings by Charles Umlauf," Meredith Long and Company, Houston, Texas

Selected Group Exhibitions:
1940 Two-Man Exhibition, Gallery House, Chicago
1941 San Francisco Art Association Annual, San Francisco Museum of Art, California
1942 "Sculpture of the Western Hemisphere," Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
"Artists for Victory," Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Texas General Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, sponsored by the Witte Memorial Museum of San Antonio, the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Two-Man Show, Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, Texas
1943 "Christ and the Children," Chicago, Illinois
Texas General Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture
1944 Texas General Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture
1946 Mortimer Levitt Gallery, New York
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City
Texas General Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture
1947 Mortimer Levitt Gallery, New York
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Texas General Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture
"Sculpture Today," Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio
1948 Syracuse Museum Ceramic National Exhibition, New York
Toronto Museum of Art, Canada
Galerie Giroux, Brussels, Belgium
Texas Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture
Whitney Museum Annual Exhibition, New York City
Denver Art Museum Annual Exhibition, Colorado
Texas General Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture
Membership Exhibition of the Texas Fine Arts Association
1949 Third International Sculpture Exhibition, Fairmont Park Association and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania
Statue Project Exhibition, Demotte Gallery, New York City
Oakland Art Galleries Annual Exhibition, California
Whitney Museum Annual Exhibition, New York City
Denver Art Museum Annual Exhibition, Colorado
Syracuse Museum Ceramic National Exhibition, New York
Texas General Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture
Membership Exhibition of Texas Fine Arts Association
1950 Show of Sculpture and Photographs of Larger Work, University of Georgia
Candidates for Grants Exhibition, National Institute of Arts and Letters
National Religious Sculpture Exhibition, University Of Oklahoma
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia
"American Painting, 1950," Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
Denver Art Museum Annual Exhibition, Colorado
Whitney Museum Annual Exhibition, New York City
Denver Art Museum Annual Exhibition, Colorado
Syracuse Museum Ceramic National Exhibition, New York
Membership Exhibition of Texas Fine Arts Association
Eleventh Texas Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, Dallas
1951 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Annual Exhibition, Philadelphia
Midwestern University Museum Exhibition, Wichita Falls, Texas
Twelfth Texas Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, Houston
Candidates for Grants Exhibition, National Institute of Arts and Letters
"American Sculpture, 1951," Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
"Brooklyn Watercolor International," Brooklyn Museum, New York
1952 Texas Fine Arts Association Spring Juried Exhibition
"The Artist's Vision," Des Moines Art Center, Iowa
"Contemporary Religious Art," Union Theological Seminary, New York City
"Texas Contemporary Artists," Knoedler Gallery, New York City
1953 Fourteenth Texas Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture
Whitney Museum of American Art Annual Exhibition, New York City
Sculptor's Guild Annual Exhibition, Whitney Museum, New York City
"Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture," Krannert Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana
"Integration Show," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
1954 Fifty-third Annual Spring Exhibition, Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
Texas Fine Arts Association Spring Juried Exhibition, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin
Candidates for Grants Exhibition, National Institute of Arts and Letters
"Contemporary Sculptors," Ohio State University
149th Annual Exhibition of American Oil Painting and Sculpture, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia
1955 Candidates for Grants Exhibition, National Institute of Arts and Letters
Religious Arts Exhibition, Denver Art Museum, Colorado
Contemporary Arts Exhibition, Chicago Art Institute, Illinois
Sculptor's Guild Annual Exhibition, Whitney Museum, New York City
1956 Two-Man Show, Fort Worth Art Museum, Texas
"Religious Art," Newark Museum, New Jersey
Whitney Museum of American Art Annual Exhibition, New York City
Denver Art Museum Annual Exhibition, Colorado
1957 Four-Man Show, Dallas Society for Contemporary Art, Dallas Little Theater, Texas
"Sculpture in Architecture," United States Information Agency, Sydney, Australia
Seventy-sixth Annual Exhibition, San Francisco Art Association, California
Texas Fine Arts Association Spring Membership Show, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin
Eighth Annual Christocentric Arts Festival, Newman Foundation Galleries, University of Illinois, Champaign
"Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture," Krannert Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana
"Contemporary Religious Art in Texas," San Antonio Art League, Witte Memorial Museum, Texas
American Federation of Arts Sculpture Exhibit, Fort Worth Art Museum, Texas
Nineteenth Texas Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture
Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Feldman Exhibit, McNay Art Institute and the Fort Worth Art Museum
1958 "God and Man in Art, "The American Federation of Arts, touring exhibit
"Fifth Regional Biennial," Friends of Art Exhibition, Kansas State College
"Religious Art of the Western World," Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Texas
"Sculpture Exhibition," Providence Art Club , Rhode Island
"From Rodin to Lipschitz," Dallas Museum for Contemporary Arts and Meadows Building
Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Des Moines Art Center, Iowa
"International Religious Bienniala," Salzburg, Austria
"XX Ceramic International," Everson Museum, Syracuse, New York
Benedictine Heights College, Tulsa, Oklahoma
"Holiday of Arts," The Grail (Council on Christian Culture), New York
1959 "Holiday of Arts," The Grail (Council on Christian Culture), Boston
Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas
Dallas Arts Festival Sculpture Exhibition, Mercantile National Bank, Texas
155th Annual Exhibition of Oil Painting and Sculpture, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia and the Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan
"Dallas Collects," Fort Worth Art Museum and Dallas Museum of Contemporary Arts
1960 Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, Texas
Twenty-second Texas Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture
"Contemporary Christian Art, "Princeton University, New Jersey
"Southwestern Art Exhibition," Dallas Museum of Fine Art, Texas
"First Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Religious Art," Religious Art Center, Seton Hill College, Greensberg, Pennsylvania
"Christ--The King--The Church," Second Biennial National Religious Art Exhibition, Holy Name Parish, Birmingham, Michigan
Second Annual Exhibition of Southwest American Art, Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City
Dallas Arts Festival Sculpture Exhibition, Southland Center, Dallas, Texas
1961 "Religious Sculpture and Modern Church Architecture," sponsored by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, held at the Fort Worth Art Museum, Texas
Benedictine Heights College Benefit Auction, Tulsa, Oklahoma
"Religious Art in Homes Pilgrimage," Birmingham, Alabama
University of Texas Art Student Scholarship Auction, Austin
Laguna Gloria Art Museum Auction, Austin, Texas
"American Business and the Arts Exhibition," San Francisco Museum of Art, California
Twenty-third Texas Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture
Texas Art Exhibition, Architects League, New York City
1962 157th Annual Exhibition of American Oil Painting and Sculpture, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia
Adelaide Festival of Arts, National Museum of South Australia
University of Illinois Biennial
Texas Fine Arts Association Spring Juried Exhibition, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin
Houston Museum of Fine Arts Auction, Texas
Art Scholarship Auction, University of Texas Art Department, Austin
Laguna Gloria Art Museum Fiesta Auction, Austin
Twenty-fourth Texas Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture
University of Texas Art Faculty Exhibit, Austin
1963 Texas Fine Arts Association Spring Juried Exhibition, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin
"Festival of the Arts of the Southwest,"Saint Edward's University, Austin
University of Texas Art Faculty Exhibition, Dallas Museum for Contemporary Art
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio
"Tour of Homes," Texas Fine Arts Association
Twenty-fifth University of Texas Art Faculty Exhibition, Archer M. Huntington Gallery, Austin
1964 Spring Jury Show, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas
Twenty-sixth University of Texas Art Faculty Exhibition, Archer M. Huntington Gallery, Austin
"Christ--The King--The Church," Fourth Biennial National Religious Art Exhibition, Sacred Heart Seminary, Detroit, Michigan
"Painting and Sculpture Invitational," Louisiana State University Union Gallery, Baton Rouge
University of Texas Art Faculty Exhibition, Texas Pavilion, New York World's Fair
Dallas Arts Festival Sculpture Exhibition, Mercantile National Bank, Texas
"Fine Arts Festival," Saint Martins Evangelical Lutheran Church, Austin, Texas
Mulvane Art Center, Topeka, Kansas
Fourteenth Christocentric Arts Festival, Newman Foundation Galleries, University of Illinois, Champaign
1965 Lenten Exhibition, Saint Lukes Methodist Church, Houston, Texas
Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
"Children in Art," Museum of Fine Art, Houston, Texas
"The Figure in Sculpture 1865-1965," J.B. Speed Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
Twenty-seventh University of Texas Art Faculty Exhibition, Archer M. Huntington Gallery, Austin
1966 161st Annual Exhibition of American Oil Painting and Sculpture, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia
Friends of the Library Association Exhibition, Longview, Texas
Shook-Carrington Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
Dalzell Hatfield Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Twenty-eighth University of Texas Art Faculty Exhibition, University of Texas Art Museum, Austin
1967 Library of the Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Texas
"Our Patrons Collect," Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas
"Creative Collaboration," Houston Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, Rice University Medical Center, Texas
Spring Sculpture Exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1968 Spring Sculpture Exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Twenty-ninth Annual Faculty Exhibition, University of Texas Art Museum, Austin
Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Hemisfair, San Antonio, Texas
"A Particular Portion of Earth," Pan American Building, Washington, D.C.
1969 Gallery of the Rapides Bank and Trust Company, Alexandria, Louisiana
Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings on Tour, Southwestern Louisiana University, Lafayette and the Louisiana Arts and Science Center, Baton Rouge
Art Department of Dallas, Baptist College, Texas
Group Exhibition at Virgilio Cancogni Galleria d'Arte, Pietrasanta de Marina, Italy
"Past Jurors Invitational Exhibition," Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City
1970 Art Faculty Exhibition, Gallery of Men of Art Guild, San Antonio, Texas
Thirty-first Annual Faculty Exhibition, University of Texas Art Museum, Austin
1971 University of Texas Exhibition and Film on Bronze Sculpture in the Making, Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, Peoria, Illinois
University of Texas Art Faculty Exhibition, Austin
Krannert Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana
1972 Thirty-second Art Faculty Exhibition, University of Texas Art Museum, Austin
Galleria de Bella Arte, Camiose, Italy
Art Faculty Exhibition, University of Texas Medical School, San Antonio
1973 Fifteenth Annual Invitational Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Longview Museum and Arts Center, Texas
University of Texas Art Museum Spring Exhibition, Austin
Thirty-third Art Faculty Exhibition, University of Texas Art Museum, Austin
American Bicentennial Celebration, Galveston, Texas
1974 "Sculpture Figurative," Mangoni Galleria d'Arte, Milan, Italy
Carrara Museum, Carrara, Italy
Thirty-fifth Annual Art Faculty Exhibition, Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, Austin, Texas
1975 Visitors' Pavilion, Waterwood Township, Lake Livingston, Texas
Thirty-sixth Annual Art Faculty Exhibition, University of Texas Art Museum, Austin
1976 Thirty-seventh Annual Art Faculty Exhibition, University of Texas Art Museum, Austin
1977 Thirty-eighth Annual Art Faculty Exhibition, University of Texas Art Museum, Austin
1978 Thirty-ninth Annual Art Faculty Exhibition, University of Texas Art Museum, Austin
Gallaudet College Exhibition and Lecture, Washington, D.C.
Sol Del Rio Gallery Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas
1979 Fortieth Annual Faculty Exhibition, University of Texas Art Museum, Austin
Centennial Exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
1985 Third Dimensional Evening Auction, Art League of Houston, Texas
1986 Sesquicentennial Celebration, First State Bank, Abilene, Texas
2006 Kingdom Animalia: Creatures Big and Small by Artists Old and New, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas

Public Collections:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
National Museum of American Art (Smithsonian Institution)
Art Institute of Chicago
Wichita Museum, Kansas
Santa Barbara Museum, California
Des Moines Art Center, Iowa
Krannert Museum, Illinois
Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
University of Texas, Austin, Texas
Syracuse Museum, New York
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Fort Worth Art Museum, Texas
Longview Museum of Art, Texas
Abilene Art Museum, Texas
El Paso Museum of Art, Texas
Roswell Museum and Art Center, New Mexico
Lakeview Arts and Science Center, Peoria, Illinois
Palm Springs Desert Museum, California
Huntington Art Gallery, Austin
Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, California
Marian Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas

Awards:
University of Texas Grant
Guggenheim Fellowship
Ford Foundation Grant
Ford Foundation Award
Member Honoris Causa of National Honorary Society, Omicron Delta Kappa
University of Texas Excellence Grant
Houston Art League Artist of the Year, 1985
Honorary Mayor for Life, City of San Antonio
Who's Who in America
Who's Who in the Southwest
Who's Who in the World, Fifth Edition

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