1. Charles Umlauf was an American sculptor and teacher who was born in South Haven, Michigan.
18 Facts About Charles Umlauf
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In 1941 Charles Umlauf accepted a position at the University of Texas School of Art in Austin, Texas, where he taught for 40 years.
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In 1985, he and his wife Angeline Allen Charles Umlauf gave their Austin home, Charles Umlauf's studio, and 168 sculptures to the City of Austin.
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Charles Umlauf was born in South Haven, Michigan, on a large farm where his family lived and worked.
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Charles Umlauf was the sixth of eight children born to immigrant parents Christian Heinrich and Charlotte Derouet.
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The Charles Umlauf children were named Heinrich, Marie, Charlotte, Wilhelm, Edouard, Karl, Emelia, and Louis.
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The Charles Umlauf family suffered from anti-German sentiment during the first World War.
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Charles Umlauf discovered sculpture early in his life, when he was a child, playing in the sand at Lake Michigan.
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Charles Umlauf watched a sand artist on the beach, and subsequently sculpted a life-size sand sculpture of his own.
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Charles Umlauf claimed that he knew at the age of ten that he was going to be a sculptor.
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Charlotte Charles Umlauf died only 6 years later, leaving the children orphans and emotionally devastated.
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In 1918, when Charles was eight years old, the Umlauf family moved to Chicago.
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Charles Umlauf was encouraged to pursue his artistic interests by his sister, Marie, who paid for her 11-year-old brother to attend weekend classes at the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Charles Umlauf was interested in carving and forming figures from an early age.
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In 1929 Charles Umlauf began three years of study with Albin Polasek at the AIC.
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Charles Umlauf subsequently spent one year as an assistant to Lorado Taft at his Midway Studio before returning to the AIC where he remained until 1937.
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From 1934 through 1941, Charles Umlauf was employed by the WPA Federal Art Project, created during the Great Depression.
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Charles Umlauf sculpted for several Federal projects, including two monumental sculptural heads for Merchandise Mart and sculptures for Cook County Hospital.