ArtistLynn Umlauf

Lynn Umlauf was born in Austin, Texas. She attended undergraduate school in Austin, and the Art Students League in New York. Lynn did graduate work in Austin, and also spent one year at the Academia di Belli Arti in Florence Italy, then returned to the States to receive a Masters degree from the University of Texas in 1966. She moved to New York in 1966-67, and has maintained a NY studio since by working part time as a college teacher and also four years as a head chef. Madelon, her identical twin, introduced Lynn to Michael Goldberg in 1969, and they married 10 years later. Lynn first started showing in Italy with the help of the artist, Primo Conti, and later after leaving the Academy in Florence, in the Studio la Cita Gallery in Veronna, and the December Gallery in Dusseldorf. Her first show in New York was with the Hal Bromm Gallery, and her first museum inclusion was with the Whitney Biennial.