Erwin Hauer

Erwin Hauer (born January 18, 1926 in Vienna , † December 22, 2017 in Branford , Connecticut ) was an Austrian - American sculptor .

Construction of a perforated wall in the Liesing parish church

one of two openwork walls in the Liesing parish church

In the 1950s, the Austrian sculptor Erwin Hauer made so-called "Architectural Screens" based on organic and flowing sculptures that were influenced by Henry Moore , Félix Candela or Frei Otto : cast, sprayed, milled relief-like stone, acrylic , Laminate and aluminum walls perforated with modular openings. From 1957 to 1990 he taught at Yale University .

In 1999, Hauer was elected a member ( NA ) of the National Academy of Design in New York .

Works

openwork walls in the Liesing parish church in Vienna (architect: Robert Kramreiter)
light-diffusing wall in the parish church Neuerdberg in Vienna (architect: Robert Kramreiter)
light-diffusing wall elements in the entrance areas of Dorotheergasse 20–24 in Vienna (architect: Robert Kramreiter)
Natural stone relief "Hausbau" (1954) in the Hugo-Breitner-Hof in Vienna
openwork panel walls for Look magazine in New York
translucent multi-layered acrylic panels for representative buildings and banks in Canada and the USA

Publications

Erwin Hauer - Continua: Architectural Screens and Walls. princeton architectural press, New York 2004, ISBN 1-56898-455-3 .
Erwin Hauer - Still Facing Infinity, Sculpture by Erwin Hauer, edited by John Hill The Images Publishing Group, Melbourne, Australia, 2017

Individual evidence

↑ nationalacademy.org: Living Academicians "H" / Hauer, Erwin, NA 1999 ( Memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed June 25, 2015)

Web links

Commons : Erwin Hauer - Collection of images, videos and audio files

http://www.erwinhauer.com/
Literature by and about Erwin Hauer in the catalog of the German National Library
Obituary (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Hauer, Erwin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian-American sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	January 18, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	22nd December 2017
Place of death	Branford , Connecticut

[1] tionalacademy.org: Living Academicians "H" / Hauer, Erwin, NA 1999 ( Memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed June 25, 2015)