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Raymond Gloeckler

Woodcuts and Wood Engraving

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Raymond Gloeckler has recently been awarded the Life-Time Achievement Award by the Wisconsin Arts Board
With a sharp eye for the ludicrous in American society and an abiding sense of humor, Wisconsin artist Ray Gloeckler creates images that lampoon the inflated and celebrate the everyday.
 

Raymond Gloeckler, Obama, 2008, Wood Engraving, 3" x 1 1/4" image

 

Left: Raymond Gloeckler, Bird & Bent , Wood Engraving, 1 3/4" x 2 1/2"
Right: Raymond Gloeckler, Resloute Wren, Wood Engraving, 3" x 3"
 
 
 
 

Artist Statement

Raymond Gloeckler

Autobiographical note:
There is a problem with using the woodcut and wood engraving for satire. The woodblock is
such a powerful medium that even humorous images can often become very nasty and
grotesque when satirizing human behavior. It is often difficult to avoid connecting with
individual personalities.
I became concerned about the manner in which I was portraying society. So, in the great
tradition of Goya, Grandville and the Brothers Grimm, I began to use animals more often to
portray human foibles. Since my figures had often originated from bird and animal shapes
anyway, the change was perhaps to be expected. The animals now took on human
characteristics rather than the reverse .

Many of my prints are autobiographical. The caricatures are clearly someone else. However,
most of the other figures, whether they be warthogs, or jackasses, wrens, donkeys, or moose,
are usually me. At least I think of them that way so they become personal responses.

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RAYMOND L. GLOECKLER

Born: Portage, Wisconsin, 1928

Education: M.S., University of Wisconsin, 1952
B.S., University of Wisconsin, 1950

Taught: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Eastern Michigan University,
Ypsilanti Flint Michigan Community College
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Professor of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison -Emeritus

Awards: Over one hundred awards including those at (selected):

Society of American Graphic Artists Bradley University
Boston Printmakers University of North Dakota
Print Club of Philadelphia Washington Printmakers
Wichita Art Association Minot State College
Oklahoma Printmaker's Society Hope College
Purdue University Ball State University
Hunterdon New Jersey Art Center University of Hawaii
Georgia State University

Exhibitions: Nationally and Internationally

One Man Exhibitions: Throughout the United States and in Canada

Work in Permanent Collections (selected):

Butler Institute of American Art Purdue University
Detroit Art Institute Duke University
Philadelphia Museum Georgia Commission on the Arts
Boston Museum of Fine Arts Bradley University
Cincinnati Art Museum Milwaukee Art Museum
Ohio State University University of North Dakota
Hunterdon New Jersey Art Center University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma Art Center Kansas State University
University of South Dakota Mount Holyoke College
Wichita Art Association DePaux University
Print Club of Philadelphia University of Hawaii


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