ARTIST PROFILE
Wilma Langhamer's artwork was featured on five READER'S DIGEST covers worldwide. The JAPANESE edition of Reader’s Digest featured her "Rose Balloon" on the cover with a half page article talking about her emerging success as an artist.
Living in south Germany, Wilma purchased her first set of oil colors at age 15. In 1974, she decided to make painting her career. Soon afterwards, her work was shown in exhibitions in Stuttgart and Munich, Germany . During this time, she met Carl Mohner, internationally-known movie star and artist who named her unique style "Romantic Realism" which is still true with her newest work.
Currently, Wilma Langhamer is living in McAllen, Texas, US and is working on a series of oil paintings to the themes of love and peace which she considers most important in life. She has worked with many charitable organizations in the past and will donate her talent again to raise funds for a good cause. Benefiting PRESIDENT CARTER'S humanitarian effort, the CARTER CENTER has auctioned 2003 and 2002 Langhamer originals considerable above the retail price.
IMPORTANT COMMISSIONS:
43rd Annual Southern Spring Show Charlotte, NC Theme Poster "Flights of Spring" February 2003
White House Easter Egg Roll - wooden egg - 1984 & 1985
Neiman Marcus - 1984 Christmas Book cover & 9 note cards
National Christmas Pageant of Peace held annually on the White House Lawn - 1983
BMW Headquarters Munich, Germany - 10 vintage cars and vintage motorcycles
BMW Headquarters Munich, Germany - Rosenthal Collection Plate
Collections:
Eden Institute for Autistic Children and Adults
Opera Star Beverly Sills
White House Easter Egg Collection at Smithsonian Institution
BMW Headquarters Munich and Berlin, Germany
City of Munich, Germany
IMPORTANT PUBLICATIONS:
Reader’s Digest Cover - International Edition - January 1987 – mistitled
Reader’s Digest Cover - German Edition - August 1986 - "Castle Saumur"
UNICEF – note cards worldwide - 1986 - "Flower Balloon"
Reader’s Digest Cover - German Edition - May 1984 - "Zwillingsschwestern"
Reader’s Digest Cover - German Edition - August 1983 - "Harvest Dance"
Reader’s Digest Cover - International Edition - August 1983 - "Rose Balloon"
Southwest Airline Magazine - 1982
Houston Symphony Magazine (2 covers)
Leisure Magazine, Successful Attitudes, Houston Post, Notable Women of Texas, etc.
Southwest Art - December 1981- Cover and 8-page color feature
Exhibitions and Gallery Connections
McAllen International Museum, McAllen, Texas 2002
Juried Art Festivals in different parts of the United States - 1983 to 2003
Club at Cimarron, Mission, Texas - several years to 2003
Knightsbridge Gallery, Wichita, Kansas 1986
Reyn Gallery, New York, New York 1976 to1985
Phillips Gallery, Dallas, Texas 1978 to 1985
Neiman Marcus, Dallas and Houston, Texas 1984
Phillips Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida 1980
McAllen International Museum, McAllen, Texas 1979
BMW Gallery, Munich, Germany 1976
