Posts Tagged '1900’s born'

Piet Mondrian

Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan 7 March 1872 Amersfoort, Netherlands Died 1 February 1944 (aged 71) Manhattan, New York, U.S. Nationality Dutch Education Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten Known for Painting Notable work Evening; Red Tree, Gray Tree, Composition with Red Blue and Yellow, Broadway Boogie Woogie, Victory Boogie Woogie Movement

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Piet Mondrian

Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan 7 March 1872 Amersfoort, Netherlands Died 1 February 1944 (aged 71) Manhattan, New York, U.S. Nationality Dutch Education Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten Known for Painting Notable work Evening; Red Tree, Gray Tree, Composition with Red Blue and Yellow, Broadway Boogie Woogie, Victory Boogie Woogie Movement

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Philip Johnson

born July 8th, 1906 – died January 25th, 2005 Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906 – January 25, 2005) was an American architect best known for his works of Modern architecture, including the Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut, and

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Philip Johnson

born July 8th, 1906 – died January 25th, 2005 Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906 – January 25, 2005) was an American architect best known for his works of Modern architecture, including the Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut, and

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Giuseppe Terragni

Giuseppe Terragni (Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe terˈraɲɲi]; 18 April 1904 – 19 July 1943) was an Italian architect who worked primarily under the fascist regime of Benito Mussolini and pioneered the Italian modern movement under the rubric of Rationalism.[1] His most famous

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Giuseppe Terragni

Giuseppe Terragni (Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe terˈraɲɲi]; 18 April 1904 – 19 July 1943) was an Italian architect who worked primarily under the fascist regime of Benito Mussolini and pioneered the Italian modern movement under the rubric of Rationalism.[1] His most famous

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Seyfi Arkan

Abdurrahman Seyfettin Arkan, Seyfi Nasih (1903 – 15 July 1966) was a Turkish architect, the personal architect of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.[1] He was born in 1903 in Istanbul. He attended Kadikoy French School and Galatasaray High School. He was first

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Seyfi Arkan

Abdurrahman Seyfettin Arkan, Seyfi Nasih (1903 – 15 July 1966) was a Turkish architect, the personal architect of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.[1] He was born in 1903 in Istanbul. He attended Kadikoy French School and Galatasaray High School. He was first

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Roberto Burle Marx

Roberto Burle Marx (August 4, 1909 – June 4, 1994) was a Brazilian landscape architect (as well as a painter, print maker, ecologist, naturalist, artist and musician) whose designs of parks and gardens made him world-famous. He is accredited with

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Roberto Burle Marx

Roberto Burle Marx (August 4, 1909 – June 4, 1994) was a Brazilian landscape architect (as well as a painter, print maker, ecologist, naturalist, artist and musician) whose designs of parks and gardens made him world-famous. He is accredited with

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Oscar Niemeyer

born December 15th, 1907 – died December 5th, 2012 Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho Alma mater Escola Nacional de Belas Artes (1934) Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Occupation Architect Spouse(s) Annita Baldo (m.1928 d.2004) Vera Lucia Cabreira

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Oscar Niemeyer

born December 15th, 1907 – died December 5th, 2012 Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho Alma mater Escola Nacional de Belas Artes (1934) Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Occupation Architect Spouse(s) Annita Baldo (m.1928 d.2004) Vera Lucia Cabreira

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Salvador Dali

Born Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech 11 May 1904 Figueres, Catalonia, Spain Died 23 January 1989 Figueres Resting place Crypt at Dalí Theatre and Museum, Figueres Nationality Spanish Education San Fernando School of Fine Arts, Madrid, Spain Known

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Salvador Dali

Born Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech 11 May 1904 Figueres, Catalonia, Spain Died 23 January 1989 Figueres Resting place Crypt at Dalí Theatre and Museum, Figueres Nationality Spanish Education San Fernando School of Fine Arts, Madrid, Spain Known

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Marcel Breuer

Marcel Lajos Breuer (/ˈbrɔɪ.ər/ BROY-ər; 21 May 1902 – 1 July 1981), was a Hungarian-born modernist, architect, and furniture designer. Breuer extended the sculptural vocabulary he had developed in the carpentry shop at the Bauhaus into a personal architecture that

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Marcel Breuer

Marcel Lajos Breuer (/ˈbrɔɪ.ər/ BROY-ər; 21 May 1902 – 1 July 1981), was a Hungarian-born modernist, architect, and furniture designer. Breuer extended the sculptural vocabulary he had developed in the carpentry shop at the Bauhaus into a personal architecture that

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Luis Barragan

born March 9th, 1902 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico – died November 22nd, 1988 Awards Pritzker Prize (1980) Buildings Torres de Satélite Luis Ramiro Barragán Morfín (March 9, 1902 – November 22, 1988) was a Mexican architect and engineer. His work has

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Luis Barragan

born March 9th, 1902 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico – died November 22nd, 1988 Awards Pritzker Prize (1980) Buildings Torres de Satélite Luis Ramiro Barragán Morfín (March 9, 1902 – November 22, 1988) was a Mexican architect and engineer. His work has

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Ivan Leonidov

Ivan Ilyich Leonidov was a Soviet constructivist architect, urban planner, painter and teacher. Born: February 9, 1902 Died: November 6, 1959, Moscow, Russia Education: Vkhutemas Books: Ivan Leonidov

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Ivan Leonidov

Ivan Ilyich Leonidov was a Soviet constructivist architect, urban planner, painter and teacher. Born: February 9, 1902 Died: November 6, 1959, Moscow, Russia Education: Vkhutemas Books: Ivan Leonidov

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Louis Isadore Kahn

Born February 20, 1901 Pärnu, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire[1] Died March 17, 1974 (aged 73) New York City, New York, U.S. Parent(s) Bertha Schmuilowsky Leopold Schmuilowsky Awards AIA Gold Medal RIBA Gold Medal Buildings Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban Yale University

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Louis Isadore Kahn

Born February 20, 1901 Pärnu, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire[1] Died March 17, 1974 (aged 73) New York City, New York, U.S. Parent(s) Bertha Schmuilowsky Leopold Schmuilowsky Awards AIA Gold Medal RIBA Gold Medal Buildings Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban Yale University

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