# Erwin Hauer

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American sculptor

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light-diffusing wall design 3 in church in Liesing, Vienna, Austria, 1952

**Erwin Hauer** (January 18, 1926, [Vienna](/source/Vienna), Austria - December 22, 2017, [Branford, Connecticut](/source/Branford%2C_Connecticut)) was an [Austrian](/source/Austria)-born American [sculptor](/source/Sculptor) who studied first at [Vienna](/source/Vienna)'s Academy of Applied Arts and later under [Josef Albers](/source/Josef_Albers) at [Yale](/source/Yale).[1] Hauer was an early proponent of [modular constructivism](/source/Modular_constructivism) and an associate of [Norman Carlberg](/source/Norman_Carlberg). Like Carlberg, he was especially known for his [minimalist](/source/Minimalist), repetitive pieces in the 1950s and 1960s. [2]

According to ribabookshops.com, Hauer's sculptures are in many public collections, including those of the [Brooklyn Museum of Art](/source/Brooklyn_Museum_of_Art), the [Art Institute of Chicago](/source/Art_Institute_of_Chicago), the [Wadsworth Atheneum](/source/Wadsworth_Atheneum), the Museum of the [National Academy of Design](/source/National_Academy_of_Design), and others. Erwin Hauer was [Professor Emeritus](/source/Professor_Emeritus) at the [Yale University](/source/Yale_University) School of Art, where he taught from 1957 until 1990.

light-diffusing wall design 2 in church in Liesing, Vienna, Austria, 1951

Hauer's design studio in [New Haven, Connecticut](/source/New_Haven%2C_Connecticut) is well known for the production of sculptural, light-diffusing architectural screens and walls employing Hauer's modular style.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## See also

- [Constructivism (art)](/source/Constructivism_(art))

- [Minimalism](/source/Minimalism)

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Yale-obit_1-0)** ["Obituaries: Erwin Hauer '57ArtS"](https://yalealumnimagazine.com/obituaries/3947-erwin-hauer-57arts). *Yale Alumni Magazine*. January 2018. Retrieved 2018-02-06.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Modular Constructivism: Norman Carlberg and Erwin Hauer"](https://www.penccil.com/gallery.php?p=138183471131). *penccil.com*. Retrieved February 1, 2020.

## References

- Galerie Chalette. *Structured sculpture [exhibition]: December 1960–January 1961* ([New York City](/source/New_York_City): The Gallery, 1960). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [6027697](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6027697)

- Hauer, Erwin. *Erwin Hauer: Continua—architectural screens and walls by Erwin Hauer* (New York: [Princeton Architectural Press](/source/Princeton_Architectural_Press); London: Hi Marketing, 2004). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-56898-455-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-56898-455-3); [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [56436200](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56436200)

- [Philadelphia Museum](/source/Philadelphia_Museum_of_Art) [College of Art](/source/Philadelphia_College_of_Art); Paul Darrow; [Ed Rossbach](/source/Ed_Rossbach); Walter Reinsel; [Antonio Frasconi](/source/Antonio_Frasconi); Herb Lubalin; [Helen Borten](/source/Helen_Borten); Henry Mitchell; Erwin Hauer; John Mason; [Lenore Tawney](/source/Lenore_Tawney). *Directors' choice: an exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum College of Art, Broad and Pine Streets, January 14 through February 7, 1961* ([Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia): Philadelphia Museum College of Art, 1961). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [49120005](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49120005)

## External links

- [Erwin Hauer's homepage, with Hauer bio](http://www.erwinhauer.com/index.html)[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

- ["Sculpting Infinity"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070216033923/http://www.metropolismag.com/cda/story.php?artid=2330) article in *Metropolis* magazine, October 2006

- [New Arts Gallery information on Erwin Hauer including color images](http://www.newartsgallery.com/Artist_Ind/erwin/erwin.htm)

- [Information on Erwin Hauer Studios from architonic.com](http://www.architonic.com/cat/fam/3101037/1)

- [Ribabookshops.com information on Erwin Hauer](https://web.archive.org/web/20070928121918/http://www.ribabookshops.com/site/viewtitle.asp?pid=4623)

- [Marylandartsouce.com information on relation between Hauer and colleague Norman Carlberg at Yale](https://web.archive.org/web/20061006083202/http://www.marylandartsource.org/artists/detail_000000160.html)

- [Yale University website page listing Erwin Hauer under "Faculty Emeriti"](http://art.yale.edu/Faculty+and+staff) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20061116171331/http://art.yale.edu/Faculty+and+staff) 2006-11-16 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

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