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LUTKENHAUS, Almuth

Born
Germany, 1930
Died
Ottawa, 1996
Biography synopsis
Before emigrating to Canada in 1966, Almuth Lutkenhaus had already established a practice in portrait bust sculptures after studying at Werkkunstschulen Dortmund and Münster (1948-1952). On arriving in Ontario, she received a small number of commissions and also taught night classes in sculpture and life drawing at Appleby and Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology in Hamilton. She worked on a large scale which meant that many pieces had to be poured in a foundry in Hamilton, but she also poured some parts herself. Her work was figurative, commissioned for commercial, educational or religious institutions installed in public spaces. Among the religious works, she produced the installation "Stations of the Cross" for a church in Oakville while one of her most controversial works “The Crucified Woman” initially located at a Toronto United Church was relocated to Emmanuel College in 1973. She later moved to Ottawa where she worked on commercial commissions. In addition to exhibiting at McMaster University (1972), she was invited to show her works at the German Embassy in Ottawa as well as the National Arts Centre in Ottawa in 1973. She was sculptor-in-residence at the Ottawa School of Art In 1979.
Media used
Sculpture
Memberships
Sculptors' Society of Canada
File & Archive locations
Art Gallery of Ontario - Edward P. Taylor Research Library and Archives
University of British Columbia - Fine Arts Library
Winnipeg Art Gallery, MA - Clara Lander Library
University of Calgary Library, AB
Vancouver Art Gallery, BC - Library
Hamilton Public Library, ON - Local History and Archives Department
London Art Gallery, ON
National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, QC
Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, QC - Media Centre
Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, ON
University of Waterloo Library, ON
BIBLIOGRAPHY

Writings about
Dimension Four Toronto, On.: Sculptor’s Society of Canada, 1977
Sculptor’s Society of Canada : Permanent Collection. Koffler Gallery 1981 Koffler Gallery, 1981
Boult, Douglas, et al. Focus and Dimension Toronto, ON: Goethe Institute, 1979
Claque, Julie. "Divine Transgressions: the Female Christ-form in Art." Critical Inquiry 47.3 (2005): 47-63
Dyke, Doris. "Crucified Woman: Art and the Experience of Faith." Toronto Journal of Theology 5.2 (Sept 1989): 161-169
Elliott, Julia. "Ottawa Sculptor's Work displayed throughout World." The Vancouver Sun 19 Nov 1996: B7
Heller, Jules and Nancy. North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century New York: Garland, 1995
Keller, Rosemary Skinner, et al. Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2006
Kirkwood, Hilda. Between the Lines Ottawa, ON: Oberon Press, 1994
Kirkwood, Hilda. "Space and Sculpture: An Interview with Almuth Lutkenhaus." Canadian Forum 60.705(Dec-Jan 1980-81): 5-9
Kritzwiser, Kay. "Art: Painter and Sculptor hold One-Woman Shows." The Globe and Mail 21 Feb. 1968: 12
MacDonald, Colin S. The Dictionary of Canadian Artists. (Volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker) Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2009
National Arts Centre. Almuth Lutkenhaus : Sculptures Retrospective 1966-74 Ottawa: National Arts Centre, 1974
Société des sculpteurs du Canada, et al. 60th Anniversary Exhibition : Challenge and Tradition Toronto, ON: John Black Aird Gallery, 1988
Städtisches Gustav-Lübcke-Museum, et al. Almuth Lütkenhaus  Hamm, Germany: Städt. Gustav-Lübcke-Museum, 1961
Warkentin John, et al. Creating Memory : A Guide to Outdoor Public Sculpture in Toronto Toronto, ON: Becker Associates with the City Institute at York University, 2010

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