AUBÖCK: The Gallet Collection Sponsorship Form
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Auböck: The Gallet Collection at Touchstone Center for Crafts, with additional works from the Collection placed at Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater home in situ, presents an exhibition of rare and important works of art and objects from the internationally renowned Werkstätte Carl Auböck, located in Vienna, Austria, and in operation for over 120 years. Works from this famous workshop are recognized internationally and included in important collections throughout the world. The Gallet family's collection spans five generations and includes examples of metal working, woodwork, ceramics, artwork, architecture, ephemera, and more. This exhibition provides an intimate glimpse into the extraordinary life of Valerie Auböck Gallet and her family shown through a private, curated collection of artworks and ephemera.
Valerie Auböck Gallet, daughter of Karl Auböck, the founder of the Werkstätte Carl Auböck, and her husband began their life together in Vienna, Austria in 1935 before fleeing Europe just before France declared war on Germany and settling in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. It was in Uniontown that they had a successful knitting mill named Gallet Mills, which would play a vital role in the fashion industry, producing garments for some of the most iconic brands of the mid-to-late twentieth century such as Catalina, Jantzen, Ralph Lauren, Jos A. Bank, Izod, Brooks Brothers, and more. This famous family also includes Maria (Bloch Bauer) Altmann, the central figure around which the book and movie, "Women in Gold" is based, which detailed the challenges Maria faced while regaining paintings of her aunt, Adele (a remarkable work of art known to many as the "Mona Lisa of Austria") by the famous painter Gustav Klimt.
Notes of Significance: There is a major exhibition planned in Austria this year to celebrate 100 years of Carl Auböck III. The Austrian government is issuing a commemorative stamp in honor of Carl III. Carl Auböck III's first realized architectural project is located in Uniontown, PA, a residence for his Aunt Valerie and Uncle Louis Gallet.
Auböck: The Gallet Collection will be displayed from May through July, with a public opening at Touchstone's Open House on June 1, 2024.
SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES
A catered luncheon and panel discussion will be held at Touchstone on Saturday, May 18, 2024. Sponsors will receive tickets to join Auböck and Gallet family members, Fallingwater Director and Vice President of the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy Justin Gunther, Executive Director of The Irving and Aaronel deRoy Gruber Foundation and Founder & Chair of the Modern Committee for Preservation Pittsburgh Brittany Reilly, Exhibition Curator Ken Greep, and other special guests at this event.
Exclusive group tours for sponsors will be held at Fallingwater in Mill Run, PA, on Sunday, May 19, 2024.
Additionally, a unique studio workshop opportunity with Carl Auböck V at Touchstone Center for Crafts is being planned for May 2024. More information about this and other related special events will be announced in the coming months.
