Theodore "Ted" A. Gantz Papers (CAA/27)


Title:
Theodore "Ted" A. Gantz (b.1944- ) Papers
Repository:
Mary R. Schiff Library & Archives, Cincinnati Art Museum
Creator:
Gantz, Ted, 1944-
Dates:
1967-1995, undated
Quantity:
Quantity: 1 box/es
Abstract:
 The papers, primarily correspondence, of Cincinnati sculptor Ted Gantz.
Identification:
CAA/27
Language:
English

Biographical/Historical Information

A native Cincinnatian, Theodore "Ted' Gantz was born in Golf Manor in 1944. After graduating Sycamore High School, he attended the Art Academy of Cincinnati from 1962-1966.Whilst at the Academy Gantz worked in the library at the neighboring Cincinnati Art Museum (where he still volunteers as of Jan 2016). Here he met Charles "Skip" Fleischmann III, one of the Museum's trustees and an art collector, who appreciated Gantz's work and began to buy pieces from him.

After his graduation in 1966, Fleischmann commissioned Gantz to design and build a fountain to be put in the middle of the lake on his Indian Hill estate. This began a long relationship between the two, which would see Gantz design and execute many projects for Fleichmann over the next 20 years, including the estate guest house and garden, as well as many sculptures and other ornamentation.

During this period, Gantz also found time to continue his studies, receiving a BFA degree in 1969 from the University of Dayton, and an MA degree in art history from the University of Cincinnati in 1975.

Primarily a sculptor and "decorative artist", Gantz works in a classical tradition of forms combined with both contemporary and traditional materials. Since the mid-1980s, he has run Sycamore Street Studio with his business partner Robert Dyehouse, a sculptor and DAAP graduate. Working almost entirely to commission, the company has created sculptures, furniture, fountains, plaster ornamentation, metal work and other decorative objects for private clients, businesses, churches and temples, and for communities.

Scope and Contents

Personal and professional correspondence, primarily letters relating to work undertaken by Mr. Gantz for Charles Fleischmann III. The collection also includes photographs of Mr. Gantz's work as a student and for the Fleischmann family.

Conditions Governing Access

Access to this material is restricted.

Whilst the archives aims to provide access to the records in its care to the fullest extent possible, it reserves the right to restrict access for any reason. Please see the archives’ Access Policy for further information: www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org/visit/library-archives/the-archives/

Related Material: Related Archival Materials

See also Ted Gantz's artist file (CAA/1/5 Box 25)


Art Academy of Cincinnati.
Cincinnati Art Museum.
Fleischmann, Charles, III, 1928-2011
sculptors
sculpture

Preferred Citation note

Mary R. Schiff Library & Archives, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH.

Detailed List of Collection



Correspondence, 1967-1995, undated

Scope and Content
Scope and Contents Most of the correspondence in this series was exchanged between Mr. Gantz and Charles Fleischmann III. However, Folder 1 contains correspondence that was sent by Mr. Gantz back to the Art Museum, specifically librarian Alice Hook, whilst travelling in Europe and the Middle East; these letters were originally in his artist file (CAA/1/5) but transferred here to be with his other correspondence.

Box 1 / Folder 1
Correspondence (with Cincinnati Art Museum), 1966-1971, 1966-1971

Quantity: 1 folder/s



Box 1 / Folder 2
Correspondence, 1967, 1967

Quantity: 1 folder/s



Box 1 / Folder 3
Correspondence, 1979, 1979

Quantity: 1 folder/s



Box 1 / Folder 4
Correspondence, 1980, 1980

Quantity: 1 folder/s



Box 1 / Folder 5
Correspondence, 1981, 1981

Quantity: 1 folder/s



Box 1 / Folder 6
Correspondence, 1982, 1982

Quantity: 1 folder/s



Box 1 / Folder 7
Correspondence, 1983, 1983

Quantity: 1 folder/s



Box 1 / Folder 8
Correspondence, 1984, 1984

Quantity: 1 folder/s



Box 1 / Folder 9
Correspondence, 1985, 1985

Quantity: 1 folder/s



Box 1 / Folder 10
Correspondence, 1986, 1986

Quantity: 1 folder/s



Box 1 / Folder 11
Correspondence, 1987, 1987

Quantity: 1 folder/s



Box 1 / Folder 12
Correspondence, 1988, 1988

Quantity: 1 folder/s



Box 1 / Folder 13
Correspondence, 1989, 1989

Quantity: 1 folder/s



Box 1 / Folder 14
Correspondence, 1991, 1991

Quantity: 1 folder/s



Box 1 / Folder 15
Correspondence, 1992, 1992

Quantity: 1 folder/s



Box 1 / Folder 16
Correspondence, 1993, 1993

Quantity: 1 folder/s



Box 1 / Folder 17
Correspondence, 1994-1995, 1994-1995

Quantity: 1 folder/s



Box 1 / Folder 18
Correspondence, undated, undated

Quantity: 1 folder/s




Photographs, c.1962-1970, undated

Box 2 / Folder 1
Junior High School work, prints and negatives (pre-1962); includes some shots of Cincinnati taken around Mount Adams, c.1962

Quantity: 1 folder/s



Box 2 / Folder 2
Fountain installed in Northern Kentucky, negatives (1963-1964), 1963-1964

Quantity: 1 folder/s



Box 2 / Folder 3
Art Academy student work, negatives and contact sheets (1966), 1966

Quantity: 1 folder/s



Box 2 / Folder 4
Art Academy student work, prints (1966), 1966

Quantity: 1 folder/s
Quantity: (plus 1 bundle)



Box 2 / Folder 5
Other work (1968-1970), 1968-1970

Quantity: 1 folder/s



Box 2 / Folder 6
Works for the Fleischmann family, prints and negatives (1967-undated), 1967-1970, undated

Quantity: 1 folder/s

Biographical/Historical Information Mr. Gantz designed and executed many projects for the Fleichmann's, including their guest house and garden, as well as many sculptures and other ornamentation.