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An example of work by Anthony Joseph Lauck
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Biography from Butler Institute of American Art:
| Following is the obituary of this artist, ...from University of Notre Dame Newsletter
Rev. Anthony J. "Tony" Lauck, C.S.C., professor emeritus of art at the University of Notre Dame, died at Holy Cross House at 3:40 p.m. on Holy Thursday (April 12, 2001) after a long illness.
A native of Indianapolis, Ind., Father Lauck was born Dec. 30, 1908. He received a diploma in fine arts from the John Herron Art School in Indianapolis in 1936 and entered the Congregation of Holy Cross as a postulant the following year. He was graduated from Notre Dame in 1942, studied theology at Holy Cross College in Washington, D.C., for four years and ordained to the priesthood June 24, 1946.
Before joining the Notre Dame faculty in 1950, Father Lauck studied sculpture at the Corcoran School of Art, Columbia University, State University of New York, the Cranbrook Academy and Alfred University. He also made a year-long study tour of European art museums.
From 1950-73 he taught at Notre Dame and served on the staff of Moreau Seminary, where he also lived. He was chairman of Notre Dame’s art department from 1960-67.
After his retirement, he continued his art work and remained in residence at Moreau until his declining health required him to move to Holy Cross House in 1998.
Works by Father Lauck abound on the Notre Dame campus. Among the most visible are a massive replica of his statue of the Visitation on the south side of the Eck Visitors' Center, the stained glass windows in the chapel and library of Moreau Seminary, the statue of
Our Lady of the University at the Main Circle of the campus, and the statue of Blessed Brother Andre Bessette, C.S.C., in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. The many honors and awards he received for these and other works include a 1980 honorary degree in fine arts from Notre Dame.
Father Lauck was unable to name a favorite among his many works.
"Whatever you're doing this moment is what you give all you've got into," he said. Nevertheless, he did admit a special fondness for his depiction of Brother Andre. He seldom lacked inspiration. "Ideas keep popping out and you want to do all of them," he said. "If you do a wood carving, three or four ideas come along before you're done. I really cherish them. I hope they keep coming." There is one notable omission in Father Lauck's vast and wide ranging legacy of art works. "I've never done the Madonna," he once
admitted, adding that he felt somewhat intimidated by the challenge of depicting Mary’s Child.
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