biography of Emil Eugen HOLZHAUER (1887-1986)

Birth place: Schwäbisch Gmund, Germany

Addresses: NYC; Valparaiso, FL

Profession: Painter

Studied: Staatliche Werkkunst Schule in Germany, 1901-06; Robert Henri, 1909-12; BAID, 1911-13; Homer Boss; ASL

Exhibited: Hanfstaengel Gal., NY, 1915 (solo); S. Indp. A., 1917-25, 1928-31; Salons of Am., 1922, 1923, 1928-36; Boston AC, 1923; Weyhe Gal., NY, 1926; Rochester Mem. Art Gal., 1929 (solo, watercolors); PAFA, 1929-30, 1932; Morton Gal., NY, 1931 (solo); AIC, 1927-35, 1930 (Logan medal), 1937, 1941, 1943; Century of Progress, 1933, 1934; Corcoran Gal. biennials, 1928, 1930, 1937, 1951; Atlanta Paper Co., 1955-56; Birmingham Mus. Art, 1954; St. Petersburg, FL, 1955 (solo); Pensacola Art Gal., 1955, 1958 (solo); Carnegie Inst., 1930; Balt. Mus. Art, 1933 (solo, watercolors); Brooklyn Mus., 1929, 1933; Albright Art Gal., 1930, 1931; Rockefeller Center, NYC, 1934 (solo); WMAA,1928, 1933-38; BMA, 1933; WFNY, 1939; SSAL, 1944-46; Audubon Artists, 1946-55; Southeastern annual, 1946-57 (prizes, 1946, 1949, 1954) ; Georgia AA, 1944-52; Mississippi Artists, 1946-50, 1952. Other Awards: North Carolina Exh., 1942 (prize); SSAL, 1946 (prize); Carnegie grant, 1946, 1949; Georgia AA, 1952; medal, Alabama Artists, 1948; Florida State Fair, 1958; Village Art Gal., Niceville, FL, 1970s; Roberson Center for Arts, SUNY Binghamton, 1980; Pensacola Mus. Art, 1983 (retrospective).

Member: SSAL; Audubon Artists; Georgia AA.

Work: Albany Inst. Hist. & Art; Univ. Georgia; AIC; Newark Mus.; WMAA; Oberlin College; Rochester Mem. Art Gal.; Syracuse Mus. FA; Denver Art Mus.; Pensacola AC; Los Angeles Mus. Art; High Mus. Art; the largest collection of his works is at Okaloosa-Walton Jr. College, Niceville, FL.

Comments: Teaching: Bennett Jr. Col., Millbrook, NY, 1938-42; Wesleyan College, Macon, GA, 1942- (retired 1953 and moved to Niceville, FL). Lectures: Henri and His Group. He was a friend of another German immigrant, Rudolf Scheffler; together they were among the artists who were part of the Monhegan Island colony in the summers during the 1930s. Holzhauer came to Monhegan Island at the urging of Robert Henri.

Sources: WW59; WW47; Curtis, Curtis, and Lieberman, 35; Falk, Exh. Record Series.