Erwin Hauer (January 18, 1926,

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, Austria - December 22, 2017,

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) was an

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n-born American

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

who studied first at

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's Academy of Applied Arts and later under

Josef Albers Josef Albers (; ; March 19, 1888March 25, 1976) was a German-born artist and educator. The first living artist to be given a solo show at MoMA and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, he taught at the Bauhaus and Black Mountain College ...

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. Hauer was an early proponent of

modular constructivism Modular constructivism is a style of sculpture that emerged in the 1950s and 1960s and was associated especially with Erwin Hauer and Norman Carlberg. It is based on carefully structured modules which allow for intricate and in some cases infinite ...

and an associate of

Norman Carlberg Norman K. Carlberg (November 6, 1928 – November 11, 2018) was an American sculptor, photographer, and printmaker. He is noted as an exemplar of the modular constructivist style. Early life and education Carlberg was born in Roseau, Minnes ...

. Like Carlberg, he was especially known for his

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, repetitive pieces in the 1950s and 1960s. According to ribabookshops.com, Hauer's sculptures are in many public collections, including those of the

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, the Art Institute of Chicago, the

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, the Museum of the

National Academy of Design The National Academy of Design is an honorary association of American artists, founded in New York City in 1825 by Samuel Morse, Asher Durand, Thomas Cole, Martin E. Thompson, Charles Cushing Wright, Ithiel Town, and others "to promote the f ...

, and others. Erwin Hauer was

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at the

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School of Art, where he taught from 1957 until 1990. Hauer's design studio in

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is well known for the production of sculptural, light-diffusing architectural screens and walls employing Hauer's modular style.

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References

*Galerie Chalette. ''Structured sculpture xhibition December 1960–January 1961'' (

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: The Gallery, 1960). *Hauer, Erwin. ''Erwin Hauer: Continua—architectural screens and walls by Erwin Hauer'' (New York: Princeton Architectural Press; London: Hi Marketing, 2004). ; * Philadelphia Museum College of Art; Paul Darrow; Ed Rossbach; Walter Reinsel; Antonio Frasconi; Herb Lubalin; Helen Borten; Henry Mitchell; Erwin Hauer; John Mason;

Lenore Tawney Lenore Tawney (born Leonora Agnes Gallagher; May 10, 1907 – September 24, 2007) was an American artist known for her drawings, personal collages, and sculptural assemblages, who became an influential figure in the development of fiber art. Ea ...

. ''Directors' choice: an exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum College of Art, Broad and Pine Streets, January 14 through February 7, 1961'' (

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: Philadelphia Museum College of Art, 1961).

External links

Erwin Hauer's homepage, with Hauer bio"Sculpting Infinity"
article in ''Metropolis'' magazine, October 2006

* ttp://www.architonic.com/cat/fam/3101037/1 Information on Erwin Hauer Studios from architonic.combr>Ribabookshops.com information on Erwin Hauer
* ttp://art.yale.edu/Faculty+and+staff Yale University website page listing Erwin Hauer under "Faculty Emeriti" {{DEFAULTSORT:Hauer, Erwin 1926 births 2017 deaths 20th-century American sculptors 20th-century American male artists 21st-century American sculptors 21st-century American male artists American male sculptors Yale University alumni Place of birth missing Austrian contemporary artists

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