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, MichiganDied: 1994, Austin, TexasEducation:1929 Art Institute of Chicago; studied and worked with Frederick Hibbard, Albin Polasek and Edouard ChassaingSelected One Person Exhibitions:1943 Whitte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, Texas1945 Fort Worth Children's Museum, sponsored by the Forth Worth Public Library, Fort Worth,Texas1946 Mortimer Levitt Gallery, New York1947 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas1948 Mortimer Levitt Gallery, New York1951 Mortimer Levitt Gallery, New York1953 Betty McLean Gallery, Dallas, Texas1955 Library of Incarnate World College, San Antonio, TexasPassedoit Gallery, New York1956 Thomas Fine Arts Center, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas1957 Cushman Gallery, Houston, TexasStudent Memorial Center of Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas1958 Kendall Gallery, San Angelo, Texas1959 Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas1963 El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas1964 Houston Galleries, Houston, TexasAbilene Museum of Fine Arts, Abilene, Texas1966 Galleria d'Arte Santacroce, Florence, Italy1967 Umlauf Retrospective, University of Texas Art Museum, Austin, Texas1970 Beaumont Art Museum, Beaumont, Texas1971 La Galeria de Los Cruces, Corpus Christi, Texas1974 Shook-Carrington Gallery, San Antonio, Texas1975 Umlauf Home and Sculpture Garden showings, Austin, Texas1977 Sol Del Rio Gallery, San Antonio, TexasUmlauf Home and Sculpture Garden showings, Austin, Texas1978 Umlauf Home and Sculpture Garden showings, Austin, Texas1979 T.V. Robinson Galleries, Houston, TexasUmlauf Home and Sculpture Garden showings, Austin, Texas1980 Retrospective Exhibition, Archer M. Huntington Art Galleries, Austin, Texas1995 "Memorial Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings by Charles Umlauf," Meredith Long and Company, Houston, TexasSelected Group Exhibitions:1940 Two-Man Exhibition, Gallery House, Chicago1941 San Francisco Art Association Annual, San Francisco Museum of Art, California1942 "Sculpture of the Western Hemisphere," Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C."Artists for Victory," Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkTexas 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, HoustonTwo-Man Show, Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, Texas1943 "Christ and the Children," Chicago, IllinoisTexas General Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture1944 Texas General Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture1946 Mortimer Levitt Gallery, New YorkPennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, PhiladelphiaWhitney Museum of American Art, New York CityTexas General Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture1947 Mortimer Levitt Gallery, New YorkWhitney Museum of American Art, New YorkTexas General Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture"Sculpture Today," Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio1948 Syracuse Museum Ceramic National Exhibition, New YorkToronto Museum of Art, CanadaGalerie Giroux, Brussels, BelgiumTexas Annual Exhibition of Painting and SculptureWhitney Museum Annual Exhibition, New York CityDenver Art Museum Annual Exhibition, ColoradoTexas General Exhibition of Paintings and SculptureMembership Exhibition of the Texas Fine Arts Association1949 Third International Sculpture Exhibition, Fairmont Park Association and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, PennsylvaniaStatue Project Exhibition, Demotte Gallery, New York CityOakland Art Galleries Annual Exhibition, CaliforniaWhitney Museum Annual Exhibition, New York CityDenver Art Museum Annual Exhibition, ColoradoSyracuse Museum Ceramic National Exhibition, New YorkTexas General Exhibition of Painting and SculptureMembership Exhibition of Texas Fine Arts Association1950 Show of Sculpture and Photographs of Larger Work, University of GeorgiaCandidates for Grants Exhibition, National Institute of Arts and LettersNational Religious Sculpture Exhibition, University Of OklahomaPennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia"American Painting, 1950," Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York CityDenver Art Museum Annual Exhibition, ColoradoWhitney Museum Annual Exhibition, New York CityDenver Art Museum Annual Exhibition, ColoradoSyracuse Museum Ceramic National Exhibition, New YorkMembership Exhibition of Texas Fine Arts AssociationEleventh Texas Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, Dallas1951 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Annual Exhibition, PhiladelphiaMidwestern University Museum Exhibition, Wichita Falls, TexasTwelfth Texas Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, HoustonCandidates 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 York1952 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 City1953 Fourteenth Texas Annual Exhibition of Painting and SculptureWhitney Museum of American Art Annual Exhibition, New York CitySculptor'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, Houston1954 Fifty-third Annual Spring Exhibition, Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans, LouisianaTexas Fine Arts Association Spring Juried Exhibition, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, AustinCandidates for Grants Exhibition, National Institute of Arts and Letters"Contemporary Sculptors," Ohio State University149th Annual Exhibition of American Oil Painting and Sculpture, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia1955 Candidates for Grants Exhibition, National Institute of Arts and LettersReligious Arts Exhibition, Denver Art Museum, ColoradoContemporary Arts Exhibition, Chicago Art Institute, IllinoisSculptor's Guild Annual Exhibition, Whitney Museum, New York City1956 Two-Man Show, Fort Worth Art Museum, Texas"Religious Art," Newark Museum, New JerseyWhitney Museum of American Art Annual Exhibition, New York CityDenver Art Museum Annual Exhibition, Colorado1957 Four-Man Show, Dallas Society for Contemporary Art, Dallas Little Theater, Texas"Sculpture in Architecture," United States Information Agency, Sydney, AustraliaSeventy-sixth Annual Exhibition, San Francisco Art Association, CaliforniaTexas Fine Arts Association Spring Membership Show, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, AustinEighth 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, TexasAmerican Federation of Arts Sculpture Exhibit, Fort Worth Art Museum, TexasNineteenth Texas Annual Exhibition of Painting and SculptureValley House Gallery, Dallas, TexasFeldman Exhibit, McNay Art Institute and the Fort Worth Art Museum1958 "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 BuildingOutdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Des Moines Art Center, Iowa"International Religious Bienniala," Salzburg, Austria"XX Ceramic International," Everson Museum, Syracuse, New YorkBenedictine Heights College, Tulsa, Oklahoma"Holiday of Arts," The Grail (Council on Christian Culture), New York1959 "Holiday of Arts," The Grail (Council on Christian Culture), BostonLaguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TexasDallas Arts Festival Sculpture Exhibition, Mercantile National Bank, Texas155th 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 Arts1960 Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, TexasTwenty-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, MichiganSecond Annual Exhibition of Southwest American Art, Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma CityDallas Arts Festival Sculpture Exhibition, Southland Center, Dallas, Texas1961 "Religious Sculpture and Modern Church Architecture," sponsored by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, held at the Fort Worth Art Museum, TexasBenedictine Heights College Benefit Auction, Tulsa, Oklahoma"Religious Art in Homes Pilgrimage," Birmingham, AlabamaUniversity of Texas Art Student Scholarship Auction, AustinLaguna Gloria Art Museum Auction, Austin, Texas"American Business and the Arts Exhibition," San Francisco Museum of Art, CaliforniaTwenty-third Texas Annual Exhibition of Painting and SculptureTexas Art Exhibition, Architects League, New York City1962 157th Annual Exhibition of American Oil Painting and Sculpture, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, PhiladelphiaAdelaide Festival of Arts, National Museum of South AustraliaUniversity of Illinois BiennialTexas Fine Arts Association Spring Juried Exhibition, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, AustinHouston Museum of Fine Arts Auction, TexasArt Scholarship Auction, University of Texas Art Department, AustinLaguna Gloria Art Museum Fiesta Auction, AustinTwenty-fourth Texas Annual Exhibition of Painting and SculptureUniversity of Texas Art Faculty Exhibit, Austin1963 Texas Fine Arts Association Spring Juried Exhibition, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin"Festival of the Arts of the Southwest,"Saint Edward's University, AustinUniversity of Texas Art Faculty Exhibition, Dallas Museum for Contemporary ArtMuseum of Fine Arts, HoustonWitte Memorial Museum, San Antonio"Tour of Homes," Texas Fine Arts AssociationTwenty-fifth University of Texas Art Faculty Exhibition, Archer M. Huntington Gallery, Austin1964 Spring Jury Show, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TexasTwenty-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 RougeUniversity of Texas Art Faculty Exhibition, Texas Pavilion, New York World's FairDallas Arts Festival Sculpture Exhibition, Mercantile National Bank, Texas"Fine Arts Festival," Saint Martins Evangelical Lutheran Church, Austin, TexasMulvane Art Center, Topeka, KansasFourteenth Christocentric Arts Festival, Newman Foundation Galleries, University of Illinois, Champaign1965 Lenten Exhibition, Saint Lukes Methodist Church, Houston, TexasValley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas"Children in Art," Museum of Fine Art, Houston, Texas"The Figure in Sculpture 1865-1965," J.B. Speed Museum, Louisville, KentuckyTwenty-seventh University of Texas Art Faculty Exhibition, Archer M. Huntington Gallery, Austin1966 161st Annual Exhibition of American Oil Painting and Sculpture, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, PhiladelphiaFriends of the Library Association Exhibition, Longview, TexasShook-Carrington Gallery, San Antonio, TexasDalzell Hatfield Gallery, Los Angeles, CaliforniaTwenty-eighth University of Texas Art Faculty Exhibition, University of Texas Art Museum, Austin1967 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, TexasSpring Sculpture Exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas1968 Spring Sculpture Exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, TexasTwenty-ninth Annual Faculty Exhibition, University of Texas Art Museum, AustinOutdoor 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, LouisianaExhibition of Sculpture and Drawings on Tour, Southwestern Louisiana University, Lafayette and the Louisiana Arts and Science Center, Baton RougeArt Department of Dallas, Baptist College, TexasGroup Exhibition at Virgilio Cancogni Galleria d'Arte, Pietrasanta de Marina, Italy"Past Jurors Invitational Exhibition," Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City1970 Art Faculty Exhibition, Gallery of Men of Art Guild, San Antonio, TexasThirty-first Annual Faculty Exhibition, University of Texas Art Museum, Austin1971 University of Texas Exhibition and Film on Bronze Sculpture in the Making, Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IllinoisUniversity of Texas Art Faculty Exhibition, AustinKrannert Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana1972 Thirty-second Art Faculty Exhibition, University of Texas Art Museum, AustinGalleria de Bella Arte, Camiose, ItalyArt Faculty Exhibition, University of Texas Medical School, San Antonio1973 Fifteenth Annual Invitational Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Longview Museum and Arts Center, TexasUniversity of Texas Art Museum Spring Exhibition, AustinThirty-third Art Faculty Exhibition, University of Texas Art Museum, AustinAmerican Bicentennial Celebration, Galveston, Texas1974 "Sculpture Figurative," Mangoni Galleria d'Arte, Milan, ItalyCarrara Museum, Carrara, ItalyThirty-fifth Annual Art Faculty Exhibition, Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, Austin, Texas1975 Visitors' Pavilion, Waterwood Township, Lake Livingston, TexasThirty-sixth Annual Art Faculty Exhibition, University of Texas Art Museum, Austin1976 Thirty-seventh Annual Art Faculty Exhibition, University of Texas Art Museum, Austin1977 Thirty-eighth Annual Art Faculty Exhibition, University of Texas Art Museum, Austin1978 Thirty-ninth Annual Art Faculty Exhibition, University of Texas Art Museum, AustinGallaudet College Exhibition and Lecture, Washington, D.C.Sol Del Rio Gallery Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas1979 Fortieth Annual Faculty Exhibition, University of Texas Art Museum, AustinCentennial Exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois1985 Third Dimensional Evening Auction, Art League of Houston, Texas1986 Sesquicentennial Celebration, First State Bank, Abilene, Texas2006 Kingdom Animalia: Creatures Big and Small by Artists Old and New, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, TexasPublic Collections:Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkNational Museum of American Art (Smithsonian Institution)Art Institute of ChicagoWichita Museum, KansasSanta Barbara Museum, CaliforniaDes Moines Art Center, IowaKrannert Museum, IllinoisOklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma CityLouisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LouisianaUniversity of Texas, Austin, TexasSyracuse Museum, New YorkDallas Museum of Art, TexasMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston, TexasFort Worth Art Museum, TexasLongview Museum of Art, TexasAbilene Art Museum, TexasEl Paso Museum of Art, TexasRoswell Museum and Art Center, New MexicoLakeview Arts and Science Center, Peoria, IllinoisPalm Springs Desert Museum, CaliforniaHuntington Art Gallery, AustinHenry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, CaliforniaMarian Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TexasAwards:University of Texas GrantGuggenheim FellowshipFord Foundation GrantFord Foundation AwardMember Honoris Causa of National Honorary Society, Omicron Delta KappaUniversity of Texas Excellence GrantHouston Art League Artist of the Year, 1985Honorary Mayor for Life, City of San AntonioWho's Who in AmericaWho's Who in the SouthwestWho's Who in the World, Fifth Edition