|
 |
BACK
Ulfert S. Wilke (1907 - 1987)
Untitled
- Gouache and ink on paper
- Signed, l.r.
- 17 1/4 x 11 inches (sight)
$350
- +shipping
- 6% sales tax in Kentucky
|
- Ulfert Wilke is known for his calligraphic creations. He
was a teacher, art collector, curator, and museum director. Born
in Bavaria, Germany in 1907, he immigrated to the United States
in 1938. He taught at the Allen R. Hite Institute at the University
of Louisville from 1948 to 1964. He had a number of one-man exhibitions:
Germany in 1930s and 1950s, Denver Art Museum in 1943, Georgia
Museum in Athens 1956, De Young Museum in San Francisco 1959,
Des Moines Art Center in 1970, a traveling exhibition in 1970,
Charles H. McNider Museum in Iowa 1974 and the Arts Club of Chicago
1977.
-
- During his career he was awarded Guggenheim fellowships to
Germany and Italy; first prize in 1943 from the Delgado Museum
in New Orleans; in 1956 a Georgia Museum purchase award.
-
- Collections: Guggenheim Museum, the Whitney Museum, Cleveland
Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Art, Des Moines Art Center,
Dayton Art Institute, New, York University Art Center, Los Angeles
County Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum and the Museum of Tel
Aviv in Israel, University of Louisville.
|
|
|
|
|
