{"id":132064,"date":"2022-10-28T13:42:28","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T17:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//?p=132064"},"modified":"2025-06-20T10:38:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T14:38:52","slug":"remembering-walter-gaudnek-influential-artist-and-longtime-ucf-professor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//remembering-walter-gaudnek-influential-artist-and-longtime-ucf-professor/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Walter Gaudnek, Influential Artist and Longtime UCF Professor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Longtime professor and renowned modern artist Walter Gaudnek died Sunday, Oct. 23, at the age of 91. Gaudnek taught in the art department at UCF for 50 years before retiring in 2020. Throughout his extensive professional career, he received worldwide acclaim as one of the main representatives of pop art that uses religious imagery.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/n<p>Gaudnek was born in 1931 and endured forced labor as a child in Czechoslovakia following World War II. He later studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, and in 1957, received a Fulbright Scholarship which brought him to the United States. As an artist in New York amidst the art movements of the 1960s, he proclaimed his philosophy of polymorphism /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/u2014 the idea that a painting is never finished and can be continuously evolved.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/n<figure id=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/"attachment_132068/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/" style=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/"max-width: 363px;/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/"figure float-left/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/"><noscript><img decoding=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/"async/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/" width=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/"287/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/" height=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/"300/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/"figure-img img-fluid w-100 wp-image-132068/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/" 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data-src=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//2022/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//10/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//11Art_at_Olympics_1972_03-287x300.jpg/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/"><figcaption class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/">A young Walter Gaudnek (center) received a commission from the Olympic Spielstrasse Committee to participate in a 10-day art event during the 1972 Munich Olympics. Here is pictured here with then Florida Technological University (now UCF) colleague the late Icelandic sculptor Johann Eyfells (right). (Photo courtesy of STARS)</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/n<p>He emerged in the public eye after being featured in the New York Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) New Talent Exhibition, and later received a /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/u201cbest show of the year/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/u201d review from the New York Times for his installation, <em>Unlimited Dimensions</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//em>. Gaudnek received a doctorate from NYU before he began teaching at UCF in 1970, where he helped establish the art department and taught for the next five decades.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/n<p>Gaudnek/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/u2019s work has been featured in exhibitions around the world, from Sao Paolo to Florence. Today, his work is held in permanent collections internationally, including the John C. Hitt. His large series of paintings titled <em>The 10 Commandments</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//em> were donated to Pope Francis, and he founded several galleries and museums internationally, including the Gaudnek Museum in Altom/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/u00fcnster, Germany, where he received a Public Service Medal in 2011.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/n<p>Throughout his teaching career, Gaudnek received numerous awards from UCF. In 1990, he was granted the Distinguished Researcher of the Year Award and received a <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//news.cah.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//2020-founders-day/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//?dept=81/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/">50 Year Service Award</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//a> in 2020. In 2021, he was awarded <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//news.cah.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//2021-founders-day-awards-honor-excellence-in-the-arts-and-humanities/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//?dept=81/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/">Professor Emeritus</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//a>. Before his retirement from UCF, work from throughout Gaudnek/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/u2019s career was celebrated at the UCF Art Gallery with a solo exhibition, <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//cah.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//gallery/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//exhibit/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//gaudnekolor-pop-by-walter-gaudnek/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/">GAUDNEKOLOR POP</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//a>, curated by Gaudnek and his daughter, Yve.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/n<figure id=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/"attachment_132067/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/" style=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/"max-width: 1200px;/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/"figure float-left/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/"><noscript><img 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class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/">One of the late Walter Gaudnek&#8217;s paintings from his &#8220;GAUDNEKOLOR POP&#8221; exhibition on display at UCF in 2020. (Photo by Hannah Estes)</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/n<p>Gaudnek is remembered by his former students and co-workers as a unique artist and professor. He encouraged students to fulfill their artistic potential while promoting openness, challenging students to see from different perspectives.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/n<p>In a 2020 article by Matt Palm from the <em>Orlando Sentinel</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//em>, Rudy McDaniel, director of the UCF School of Visual Arts and Design said of Gaudnek, /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/u201cBecause he/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/u2019s one of a kind, I think he recognizes students as individuals. Art is most powerful when it is personal. 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data-src=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//2022/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//10/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//Walter-Gaudnek-300x297.jpg/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/"><figcaption class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/">Walter Gaudnek (center) at a 24-hour art marathon inside one of the geodesic dome art studios at Florida Technological University (now UCF) in 1976. (Photo courtesy of STARS)</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/n<p>Former student Jean-Claude Rasch remembers Gaudnek as one of his most inspiring teachers.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/u201cHe taught me how to be an artist, not just a painter,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/u201d Rasch says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/u201cHe definitely opened my eyes as to what it takes to push myself as an artist./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/n<p>Robert Rivers, current art professor, remembers Gaudnek as a cornerstone of the art department at UCF. He recalls a quote about Gaudnek from Mark Price, former director of the <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//svad.cah.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/">School of Visual Arts and Design</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//a>.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/u201cWalter overcame an early family tragedy as a boy in Europe, brought on by World War II. With talent and just the right measure of eccentricity and willpower, he became a recognized New York artist,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/u201d Price said. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132064/u201cHe then brought his adventurousness and enthusiasm to help birth a dynamic art program at the tiny new university that would become UCF. 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