''The Torchbearers'' is a 1962
bronze sculpture
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by
Charles Umlauf, installed outside the
Flawn Academic Center on the
University of Texas at Austin
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campus in
Austin, Texas
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, United States. It was cast in
Milan
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at the Fonderia Battaglia.
See also
*
1962 in art
Events from the year 1962 in art.
Events
* February 6–March 4 – Jane Frank, solo exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
* February 7 – Opening of this year's " Young contemporaries" student exhibition at the RBA Ga ...
References
External links
The Statues of UT: Interactive Mapby ''The Daily Texan''
1962 establishments in Texas
1962 sculptures
Bronze sculptures in Texas
Outdoor sculptures in Austin, Texas
Sculptures of men in Texas
Statues in Austin, Texas
University of Texas at Austin campus
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