Erwin Hauer (January 18, 1926,

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n-born American

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who studied first at

's Academy of Applied Arts and later under

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. Hauer was an early proponent of modular constructivism and an associate of Norman Carlberg. 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

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, the Museum of the

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, 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.

Notes

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:

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; London: Hi Marketing, 2004). ; * Philadelphia Museum

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; Paul Darrow; Ed Rossbach; Walter Reinsel;

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; Herb Lubalin; Helen Borten; Henry Mitchell; Erwin Hauer; John Mason;

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. ''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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