Volume 12 , Issue 34

Lawrence M. Ludtke - Sculptor

A Texas best friend of mine from the late 1970s to the 1980s sent me the following link to her dad's (Lawrence M. Ludtke) website. He was a remarkable artist, sculptor. His Resume reads as follows:

"LAWRENCE M. LUDTKE, Sculptor, Fellow-National Sculpture Society.

* Mr. Lawrence M. Ludtke is a Fellow in the National Sculpture Society and a Corresponding member of the Royal Academy of British Sculptors.

* His portrait and figurative sculptures are represented in prominent institutions across the United States. Included are The United States Air force Academy, John Hopkins Medical School, Rice University, Texas A&M University, CIA Headquarters at Langley,Virginia, the portrait Gallery of The National Cowboy Hall of Fame, The Pentagon, the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library in Austin Texas and The National Battlefield Park at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

* He has fulfilled commissioned works of many famous personalities including Presidents Ronald Reagan, John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln and Lyndon Johnson. Winston Churchill, John Wayne, General Wild Bill Donovan, Congressman Maury Maverick and Congressman Henry B. Gonzales, Babe Zaharias, General Sam Houston, Governor John Connally and heart surgeon Denton Cooley.

* The artist has also created significant liturgical art. The two most notable are a life-size Pietaâ' for St. Maryâ's Seminary in Houston, and a Christ and Child for Travis Park Methodist Church in San Antonio, Texas.

* In June 1991, the artist created twenty-two portrait heads and logos in bronze for the American Quarter Horse Foundation in Amarillo, Texas. Recently seven bronze bas-relief panels depicting the World War Two Medal of Honor Recipients from Texas A&M were unveiled at their Corps of Cadetâ's Center.

* Following a nation wide competition, Mr. Ludtke created for the State of Maryland their State Memorial placed on the battlefield at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

* A seven foot bronze of General Earl Rudder stands on the Campus of Texas A&M University, Dedicated in October of 1994. An eight-foot figure of a young cowgirl was placed on the grounds of The Astrodome in Houston in 1994. Larger than life portrait busts of Albert Alkek and his wife have recently been unveiled at the new Alkek wing at M.D. Anderson Hospital in Houston.

* In 1996 a bas-relief commission of Medal of Honor recipient Lt. Williband Bianca was unveiled at South Dakota State University.

* Two full figure bas-relief panels were commissioned and installed at the Houston Light and Power headquarters in Houston, Texas in 1996.

* Bas-relief panels of Jesse Jones and his nephew John Jones were commissioned and installed at Jones Hall in Houston,Texas in 1997.

* An eight foot figure of Major Dick Meadows was dedicated June 6,1997 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

* Six life-size children in bronze for the State Capitol grounds in Austin were unveiled in July 1998.

* A seven-foot figure of General James Hollingsworth, decorated hero of WWII, Korea, and the Viet Nam Conflict, was dedicated in the spring of 1999 on the campus of Texas A&M University.

* Upon completion of the fundraising effort, an eight-foot figure of General Sam Houston is planned for Sam Houston Park in Houston, Texas. The model has been completed and approved by City council."   |  View or Add Comments (1 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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