Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
Werner K. Sensbach Graphic Art Collection
Sensbach, Werner K., 1923-2015
MSS .15884
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2.2 Cubic Feet
1976, 1992-2018
English
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
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.
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.
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.
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.
etching
wood-engraving
prints
lithography
linoleum block printing
University of Virginia -- Buildings -- Pictorial works
University of Virginia -- School of Architecture
University of Virginia Lawn (Charlottesville, Va.)
University of Virginia Rotunda (Charlottesville, Va.)
Woodcuts, Etchings, Sketches and Other Artwork by Werner K. SensbachArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077151992-2003Alderman Library and Rotunda - etching (P156)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077161 items199311Aviator and Rotunda – woodcut (P157)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077171 items199612Bayly Museum – etching (P158)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077181 items199513Bayly Museum Portico – etching, oversize (P159)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077191 items1999OS Box Q-181 [X031750652]Bayly Museum – etching, oversize (P160)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077201 items2003OS Box Q-181 [X031750652]Bridge at Lambeth Field – woodcut (P161)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077591 items199614Brooks Hall – etching, oversize (P162)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077601 items1999OS Box Q-181 [X031750652Brooks Hall Studio – copper etching (P163)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077621 items199515Cemetery – etching (P174)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077611 items199316Chapel – etching (P165)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077631 items199417Chapel from the Lawn – etching, matted (P166)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077641 items199518Chapel – color woodcut (C46)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077661 items199619Chapel – color woodcut (C47)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077671 folder(s)1998110Chapel in snow – woodcut, oversize (P168)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077681 items2000OS Box Q-181 [X031750652]Chapel – woodcut, oversize (P169)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077691 items2001OS Box Q-181 [X031750652]Chapel – color woodcut, oversize (C48)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077701 items2003OS Box Q-181 [X031750652]Chapel – color woodcut, blue (P164)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077711 itemsundated111Clemons Library – Verni-mou or soft-ground etching (P170)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077721 items1997112Colonnade – etching (P173)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077731 items1997113Colonnade – color woodcut (C49)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077741 items1999114Darden School – etching, oversize (P175)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077751 items2001OS Box Q-182 [X031750653]East Range "Cracker Box" – woodcut (P171)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077761 items1995115East Range – lithograph, matted, oversize (P176)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077771 items1995OS Box Q-182 [X031750653]East Range "Cracker Box" – etching (P172)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077781 items1998116Fayerweather Hall – etching (P178)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077791 items1995117Fayerweather Hall Printing Studio – etching (P216)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077801 items1997118Fayerweather Hall 1905, Rugby Road – etching (P179)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077811 items1998119Fayerweather Hall – linocut?, oversize (P180)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077821 items2003OS Box Q-182 [X031750653]Gardens, East – etching (P177)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077831 items1993120Garden I – color woodcut, oversize (C50)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077841 items1999OS Box Q-182 [X031750653]Lambeth Field Colonnades – etching (P182)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077851 items1995121Lawn – woodcut, oversize (P183)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077861 items1994OS Box Q-183 [X031750654]Lawn – three color woodcut (C51)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077871 items1996122Lawn in winter – woodcut, oversize (P185)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077881 items1997OS Box Q-183 [X031750654]Lawn – Snow on East Lawn – woodcut, oversize (P210)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077891 items2001OS Box Q-183 [X031750654]Lawn – Steps to Lawn – etching, oversize (P211)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077901 items1999OS Box Q-183 [X031750654]Lawn and Pavilion VII – lithograph, matted, oversize (P194)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077911 items1993OS Box Q-183 [X031750654]Long Walk and Senf Gate - etching, oversize (P188)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077921 items2000OS Box Q-183 [X031750654]Lower Lawn, Homer statue – etching (P186)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077931 items1996123McIntire Amphitheatre - color woodcut, oversize (C52)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077941 items1997OS Box Q-184 [X031750655]Madison Hall Stairs – wood engraving (P187)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077951 items1999124Madison Hall and Carr's Hill – etching, oversize (P190)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077961 items2001OS Box Q-184 [X031750655]Monroe Hill – woodcut (P191)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077971 items1995125Pavilion I and the Rotunda – etching aquatint (P 192)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077981 items1995126Pavilion VII and Charlottesville, 2nd Street – 2 etchings, matted (P193)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2077991 items1995127Pavilion IX and Rotunda – etching (P195)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2078001 items1995128Rotunda and Serpentine Wall – woodcut, oversize (P197)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2078971 items1994OS Box Q-184 [X031750655]Rotunda Crosswalk – etching (P196)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2078981 items1994129Rotunda, West Esplanade – etching (P199)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2078991 items1995130Rotunda – etching (P200)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2079001 items1996131Rotunda and East Range – etching, matted (P198)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2079011 items1996132Rotunda and Senf Gate – etching (P201)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2079021 items1996133Rotunda at Night Time – etching and aquatint (P202)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2079031 items1998134Rotunda and Madison Hall – etching (P203)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2079041 items1998135Rotunda from Garden I – etching, oversize (P204)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2079051 items2000OS Box Q-184 [X031750655]Rotunda, East Esplanade – woodcut, oversize (P205)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2079061 items2001OS Box Q-184 [X031750655]Rotunda, North Face – woodcut, oversize (P206)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2079071 items2001OS Box Q-184 [X031750655]Rotunda and Senf Gate – woodcut (P209)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2079081 items2002136Rotunda – woodcut (P207)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2079091 items2003137Rotunda - color woodcut (C53)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2079101 items2003138School of Law – etching, oversize (P208)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2079111 items2001OS Box Q-185 [X031750656]Serpentine Wall – 3 color woodcut, oversize (C55)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2079121 items1996OS Box Q-185 [X031750656]West Range – 3 color woodcut, oversize (C56)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2079131 items1996OS Box Q-185 [X031750656]West Range – etching (P212)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2079141 items1996139West Range and Chapel - color etching, matted (C57)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2079151 items1998140West Range and Rotunda – etching (P213)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2079161 items1998141West Range, with Rotunda in the background – woodcut, oversize (P215)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2079171 items2003OS Box Q-185 [X031750656]Winter Crows before Rotunda - color woodcut, oversize (C54)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2079181 items2000OS Box Q-185 [X031750656]Preliminary Sketches of University of Virginia buildings for etchings, woodcuts, etc. and one sketch of St. Paul's Episcopal ChurchArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/20791913 items1992-2001, undated142Addition 1Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/210544Preliminary Studies for Prints (etchings, etc.)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2105451 folder(s)1993-2004143Publicity and Exhibition MaterialsArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2105461 folder(s)2000-2018144"University of Virginia Four Views" (3 copies)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2105471 folder(s)1996145Linoleum cuts - "University of Virginia Lawn in Winter" and "University of Virginia Chapel" (color linocut)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2105482 itemsundated6Woodblocks, chiefly of University of Virginia scenes and buildings Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/21054910 items1976, 1996, undated2Scope and ContentsWoodblocks 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.
Copper plates, chiefly of University scenes and buildingsArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/21055024 items1998, undated3Scope and ContentsAlmost 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.
Zinc plates of University of Virginia scenes and buildingsArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/21055115 itemsundated4Scope and ContentsThe 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.