Hosts Justin Gunther, Director of Fallingwater and Brittany Reilly, Director of Aaronel deroy Gruber Foundation and Founder and Chair of Pittsburgh Modern Committee interview Auböck family members Maria Auböck and Carl Auböck IV in support of the exhibition Auböck: The Gallet Collection, May 4 - July 28 at Touchstone Center for Crafts.

 

AUBÖCK: The Gallet Collection, is comprised of two exhibitions taking place simultaneously in two separate spaces at Touchstone Center for Crafts from May-July, 2024. The focal point of the exhibit taking place in the main gallery will be on the Valerie Auböck Gallet (1907-1997) collection of artwork and decorative art objects from the Werkstätte Carl Auböck. The Vienna, Austria workshop, founded in the late 19th century by Karl Heinrich Auböck as a metalworking studio, has over five generations produced a family of artists, architects, and designers. Valerie Auböck Gallet the youngest daughter of Karl Heinrich Auböck and sibling of Elizabeth "Lilly" Auböck Streit (1898-1977) and world-renowned artist Carl Auböck II (1900-1957) migrated to the US in 1939, eventually settling in Uniontown, PA where she and her husband, Louis Gallet would establish the Gallet Mills knitting factory. An exhibition of the Gallet family history including their many contributions to the region will take place in Touchstone's library area.