Sensbach, Werner K., Graphic Art Collection Werner K. Sensbach Graphic Art Collection MSS .15884

Werner K. Sensbach Graphic Art Collection MSS .15884


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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
URL: https://small.library.virginia.edu/

Sharon Defibaugh

Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
Identification
MSS .15884
Title
Werner K. Sensbach Graphic Art Collection 1976, 1992-2018
URL:
https://archives.lib.virginia.edu/ark:/59853/121098
Quantity
2.2 Cubic Feet
Creator
Sensbach, Werner K., 1923-2015
Language
English .

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Use

The gift agreement for the addition clearly states that the woodblocks are NEVER to be used again. The copperplates are reusable. However, Angelika S. Powell has held on to the "artistic reproduction of these donated originals." The United States rights were copyrighted by Powell on March 23, 2015.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation

Werner K. Sensbach Graphic Art Collection, 1992-2003, MSS 15884, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Virginia.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The collection was purchased by the University of Virginia Special Collections Library on October 27, 2014-2015.

The addition to the collection was given to the University of Virginia Special Collections Library on November 1, 2020 by Angelika S. Powell, the wife of Werner S. Sensbach.


Biographical / Historical

Werner K. Sensbach (1923-2015), an architect and campus planner at the University of Virginia and several branches, 1965-1991, was born in Mannheim, Germany, to Gustav and Margarethe Sensbach. Werner was educated at the universities of Heidelberg and Karlsruhe, Germany and Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He worked in architectural offices in Germany, Switzerland and New York State. During World War II, Werner was severly wounded in 1944 at the Eastern Front in the Ukraine. In 1954, he immigrated to the United States and became a city planner in Columbia, South Carolina, and Roanoake, Virginia. In 1953, he was married to Gladys Frederiksen (died 2014) and they had two sons. He then married Angelika S. Powell.

After retirement, his interest turned to art, including watercolor field sketches and al fresco oil paintings of the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Piedmont, and etchings, lithographs, and woodcut prints of the University of Virginia buildings.

Scope and Contents

The collection includes both colored and black-and-white prints of etchings, woodcuts, and linocuts by Werner K. Sensbach, depicting various University of Virginia buildings and a couple of landscapes. Also includes twelve preliminary sketches done by Sensbach of scenes from the University of Virginia and one for St. Paul's Episcopal Church.

Scope and Contents

The addition to the Werner K. Sensbach papers (MSS 15884) contains original printing blocks, sketches, prints, and exhibition information. Werner Sensbach (1923-2015) was an artist, architect, urban designer, and campus planner. He served as the Virginia Campus Architect and was a professor in the Urban Planning School from 1965 to1991. After his retirement, he became a citizen scholar at the UVA Studio Art Department where he created his works.

The bulk of the addition to the collection are fifty-one original copper plates, zinc plates, linoleum, and woodblocks, primarily of buildings and scenes at the University of Virginia. Also included are preliminary sketches and designs, three copies of his series of prints titled "University of Virginia: Four Views," and exhibition information from shows held between 2000 to 2018.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • University of Virginia -- Buildings -- Pictorial works
  • University of Virginia -- School of Architecture
  • University of Virginia Lawn (Charlottesville, Va.)
  • University of Virginia Rotunda (Charlottesville, Va.)
  • etching
  • linoleum block printing
  • lithography
  • prints
  • wood-engraving

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • University of Virginia -- School of Architecture
  • University of Virginia Lawn (Charlottesville, Va.)
  • University of Virginia Rotunda (Charlottesville, Va.)

Container List

Woodcuts, Etchings, Sketches and Other Artwork by Werner K. Sensbach
1992-2003
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 1
    Alderman Library and Rotunda - etching (P156)
    1 items
    1993
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 2
    Aviator and Rotunda – woodcut (P157)
    1 items
    1996
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 3
    Bayly Museum – etching (P158)
    1 items
    1995
  • Prints Flat_Box: OS Box Q-18 Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 1 [X031750652]
    Bayly Museum Portico – etching, oversize (P159)
    1 items
    1999
  • Prints Flat_Box: OS Box Q-18 Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 1 [X031750652]
    Bayly Museum – etching, oversize (P160)
    1 items
    2003
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 4
    Bridge at Lambeth Field – woodcut (P161)
    1 items
    1996
  • Prints Flat_Box: OS Box Q-18 Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 1 [X031750652
    Brooks Hall – etching, oversize (P162)
    1 items
    1999
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 5
    Brooks Hall Studio – copper etching (P163)
    1 items
    1995
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 6
    Cemetery – etching (P174)
    1 items
    1993
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 7
    Chapel – etching (P165)
    1 items
    1994
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 8
    Chapel from the Lawn – etching, matted (P166)
    1 items
    1995
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 9
    Chapel – color woodcut (C46)
    1 items
    1996
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 10
    Chapel – color woodcut (C47)
    1 folder(s)
    1998
  • Prints Flat_Box: OS Box Q-18 Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 1 [X031750652]
    Chapel in snow – woodcut, oversize (P168)
    1 items
    2000
  • Prints Flat_Box: OS Box Q-18 Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 1 [X031750652]
    Chapel – woodcut, oversize (P169)
    1 items
    2001
  • Prints Flat_Box: OS Box Q-18 Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 1 [X031750652]
    Chapel – color woodcut, oversize (C48)
    1 items
    2003
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 11
    Chapel – color woodcut, blue (P164)
    1 items
    undated
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 12
    Clemons Library – Verni-mou or soft-ground etching (P170)
    1 items
    1997
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 13
    Colonnade – etching (P173)
    1 items
    1997
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 14
    Colonnade – color woodcut (C49)
    1 items
    1999
  • Prints Flat_Box: OS Box Q-18 Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 2 [X031750653]
    Darden School – etching, oversize (P175)
    1 items
    2001
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 15
    East Range "Cracker Box" – woodcut (P171)
    1 items
    1995
  • Prints Flat_Box: OS Box Q-18 Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 2 [X031750653]
    East Range – lithograph, matted, oversize (P176)
    1 items
    1995
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 16
    East Range "Cracker Box" – etching (P172)
    1 items
    1998
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 17
    Fayerweather Hall – etching (P178)
    1 items
    1995
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 18
    Fayerweather Hall Printing Studio – etching (P216)
    1 items
    1997
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 19
    Fayerweather Hall 1905, Rugby Road – etching (P179)
    1 items
    1998
  • Prints Flat_Box: OS Box Q-18 Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 2 [X031750653]
    Fayerweather Hall – linocut?, oversize (P180)
    1 items
    2003
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 20
    Gardens, East – etching (P177)
    1 items
    1993
  • Prints Flat_Box: OS Box Q-18 Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 2 [X031750653]
    Garden I – color woodcut, oversize (C50)
    1 items
    1999
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 21
    Lambeth Field Colonnades – etching (P182)
    1 items
    1995
  • Prints Flat_Box: OS Box Q-18 Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 3 [X031750654]
    Lawn – woodcut, oversize (P183)
    1 items
    1994
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 22
    Lawn – three color woodcut (C51)
    1 items
    1996
  • Prints Flat_Box: OS Box Q-18 Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 3 [X031750654]
    Lawn in winter – woodcut, oversize (P185)
    1 items
    1997
  • Prints Flat_Box: OS Box Q-18 Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 3 [X031750654]
    Lawn – Snow on East Lawn – woodcut, oversize (P210)
    1 items
    2001
  • Prints Flat_Box: OS Box Q-18 Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 3 [X031750654]
    Lawn – Steps to Lawn – etching, oversize (P211)
    1 items
    1999
  • Prints Flat_Box: OS Box Q-18 Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 3 [X031750654]
    Lawn and Pavilion VII – lithograph, matted, oversize (P194)
    1 items
    1993
  • Prints Flat_Box: OS Box Q-18 Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 3 [X031750654]
    Long Walk and Senf Gate - etching, oversize (P188)
    1 items
    2000
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 23
    Lower Lawn, Homer statue – etching (P186)
    1 items
    1996
  • Prints Flat_Box: OS Box Q-18 Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 4 [X031750655]
    McIntire Amphitheatre - color woodcut, oversize (C52)
    1 items
    1997
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 24
    Madison Hall Stairs – wood engraving (P187)
    1 items
    1999
  • Prints Flat_Box: OS Box Q-18 Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 4 [X031750655]
    Madison Hall and Carr's Hill – etching, oversize (P190)
    1 items
    2001
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 25
    Monroe Hill – woodcut (P191)
    1 items
    1995
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 26
    Pavilion I and the Rotunda – etching aquatint (P 192)
    1 items
    1995
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 27
    Pavilion VII and Charlottesville, 2nd Street – 2 etchings, matted (P193)
    1 items
    1995
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 28
    Pavilion IX and Rotunda – etching (P195)
    1 items
    1995
  • Prints Flat_Box: OS Box Q-18 Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 4 [X031750655]
    Rotunda and Serpentine Wall – woodcut, oversize (P197)
    1 items
    1994
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 29
    Rotunda Crosswalk – etching (P196)
    1 items
    1994
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 30
    Rotunda, West Esplanade – etching (P199)
    1 items
    1995
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 31
    Rotunda – etching (P200)
    1 items
    1996
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 32
    Rotunda and East Range – etching, matted (P198)
    1 items
    1996
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 33
    Rotunda and Senf Gate – etching (P201)
    1 items
    1996
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 34
    Rotunda at Night Time – etching and aquatint (P202)
    1 items
    1998
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 35
    Rotunda and Madison Hall – etching (P203)
    1 items
    1998
  • Prints Flat_Box: OS Box Q-18 Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 4 [X031750655]
    Rotunda from Garden I – etching, oversize (P204)
    1 items
    2000
  • Prints Flat_Box: OS Box Q-18 Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 4 [X031750655]
    Rotunda, East Esplanade – woodcut, oversize (P205)
    1 items
    2001
  • Prints Flat_Box: OS Box Q-18 Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 4 [X031750655]
    Rotunda, North Face – woodcut, oversize (P206)
    1 items
    2001
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 36
    Rotunda and Senf Gate – woodcut (P209)
    1 items
    2002
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 37
    Rotunda – woodcut (P207)
    1 items
    2003
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 38
    Rotunda - color woodcut (C53)
    1 items
    2003
  • Prints Flat_Box: OS Box Q-18 Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 5 [X031750656]
    School of Law – etching, oversize (P208)
    1 items
    2001
  • Prints Flat_Box: OS Box Q-18 Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 5 [X031750656]
    Serpentine Wall – 3 color woodcut, oversize (C55)
    1 items
    1996
  • Prints Flat_Box: OS Box Q-18 Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 5 [X031750656]
    West Range – 3 color woodcut, oversize (C56)
    1 items
    1996
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 39
    West Range – etching (P212)
    1 items
    1996
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 40
    West Range and Chapel - color etching, matted (C57)
    1 items
    1998
  • Prints [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 41
    West Range and Rotunda – etching (P213)
    1 items
    1998
  • Prints Flat_Box: OS Box Q-18 Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 5 [X031750656]
    West Range, with Rotunda in the background – woodcut, oversize (P215)
    1 items
    2003
  • Prints Flat_Box: OS Box Q-18 Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 5 [X031750656]
    Winter Crows before Rotunda - color woodcut, oversize (C54)
    1 items
    2000
  • Mixed Materials [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 42
    Preliminary Sketches of University of Virginia buildings for etchings, woodcuts, etc. and one sketch of St. Paul's Episcopal Church
    13 items
    1992-2001, undated
Addition 1
  • Mixed Materials [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 43
    Preliminary Studies for Prints (etchings, etc.)
    1 folder(s)
    1993-2004
  • Text [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 44
    Publicity and Exhibition Materials
    1 folder(s)
    2000-2018
  • Text [X031750651] box: 1 folder: 45
    "University of Virginia Four Views" (3 copies)
    1 folder(s)
    1996
  • Artifacts [X031750681] Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 6
    Linoleum cuts - "University of Virginia Lawn in Winter" and "University of Virginia Chapel" (color linocut)
    2 items
    undated
  • Artifacts [X031750682] box: 2
    Woodblocks, chiefly of University of Virginia scenes and buildings
    10 items
    1976, 1996, undated
    Scope and Contents

    Woodblocks with University of Virginia scenes and buildings include: the Chapel, East Lawn, Madison Hall viewed from the Rotunda, Rotunda Front Steps, Serpentine Wall, West Lawn, West Lawn and Rotunda, and the Winged Victory with the Rotunda (McConnell statue). The other two woodblocks include Monticello and the Frontier Village near Staunton, Virginia.

  • Artifacts [X031750683] box: 3
    Copper plates, chiefly of University scenes and buildings
    24 items
    1998, undated
    Scope and Contents

    Almost all of the copper plates are of scenes or buildings at the University of Virginia. These include: several of the Bayly Art Museum, Brooks Hall with Washington Hall in the background, several views of the Chapel, Cocke Hall and the Amphitheater, the "Cracker Box" on the East Range, Fayerweather Hall with a scene from the Studio Art Department and with a horse and cart in the foreground, the Lawn featuring a "music group" in the foreground, views of the Rotunda and the East Lawn, the Rotunda with Madison Hall in the foreground, the Rotunda as viewed from the West Range, the Senff Gate, the South Lawn and the statue of Homer, and the University Hall (demolished in 2019). One of the copper plates features St. Paul's Church on the Corner.

  • Artifacts [X031750684] box: 4
    Zinc plates of University of Virginia scenes and buildings
    15 items
    undated
    Scope and Contents

    The zinc plates all feature scenes and buildings at the University of Virginia. These include: the Clemons Underground Library, the East Lawn, four views of Fayerweather Hall with scenes from both the Printing Studio and Studio Art, Lambeth Columns and the School of Architecture, two of the Rotunda and the West Range with one view at night, the Rotunda and the East Lawn, the Rotunda and Alderman Library with the McConnell statue of "Winged Victory," the Rotunda crosswalk with the architect on the way to his office, the University Garden I, University Garden Gates, and the West Range.