Mr. Lawrence M. Ludtke is a Fellow
in the National Sculpture Society and a Corresponding member of the Royal
Academy of British Sculptors.
At
Fort Bragg, a twelve-foot figure of Colonel Bull Simon was dedicated
in November of 1999. (Above) Mr. Ludtke in the studio with the full
size clay model and (right) with the finished bronze at Fort Bragg.
His portrait and figurative sculptures are
represented in prominent institutions across the United States. Included are
The United States Air force Academy, John Hopkins Medical School, Rice University,
Texas A&M University, CIA Headquarters at Langley,Virginia, the portrait
Gallery of The National Cowboy Hall of Fame, The Pentagon, the Lyndon Baines
Johnson Library in Austin Texas and The National Battlefield Park at Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania.
He has fulfilled commissioned works of many
famous personalities including Presidents Ronald Reagan, John F. Kennedy,
Abraham Lincoln and Lyndon Johnson. Winston Churchill, John Wayne, General
Wild Bill Donovan, Congressman Maury Maverick and Congressman Henry B. Gonzales,
Babe Zaharias, General Sam Houston, Governor John Connally and heart surgeon
Denton Cooley.
The artist has also created significant
liturgical art. The two most notable are a life-size Pieta’ for St. Mary’s
Seminary in Houston, and a Christ and Child for Travis Park Methodist Church
in San Antonio, Texas.
In June 1991, the artist created twenty-two
portrait heads and logos in bronze for the American Quarter Horse Foundation
in Amarillo, Texas. Recently seven bronze bas-relief panels depicting the
World War Two Medal of Honor Recipients from Texas A&M were unveiled at
their Corps of Cadet’s Center.
Following a nation wide competition, Mr. Ludtke
created for the State of Maryland their State Memorial placed on the battlefield
at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
A seven foot bronze of General Earl Rudder
stands on the Campus of Texas A&M University, Dedicated in October of
1994. An
eight-foot figure of a young cowgirl was placed on the grounds of The Astrodome
in Houston in 1994. Larger than life portrait busts of Albert Alkek and his
wife have recently been unveiled at the new Alkek wing at M.D. Anderson Hospital
in Houston.
In 1996 a bas-relief commission
of Medal of Honor recipient Lt. Williband Bianca was unveiled at South Dakota
State University.
Two full figure bas-relief panels
were commissioned and installed at the Houston Light and Power headquarters
in Houston, Texas in 1996.
Bas-relief panels of Jesse Jones
and his nephew John Jones were commissioned and installed at Jones Hall in
Houston,Texas in 1997.
An eight foot figure of Major
Dick Meadows was dedicated June 6,1997 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Six life-size children in bronze
for the State Capitol grounds in Austin were unveiled in July 1998.
A seven-foot figure of General
James Hollingsworth, decorated hero of WWII, Korea, and the Viet Nam Conflict,
was dedicated in the spring of 1999 on the campus of Texas A&M University.
Upon completion of the fundraising
effort, an eight-foot figure of General Sam Houston is planned for Sam Houston
Park in Houston, Texas. The model has been completed and approved by City
council.
