Rudofsky, Bernard, 1905-1988

Architect, exhibition organizer, and architectural theorist.

From the description of Bernard Rudofsky papers, ca. 1910-1987. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79305976

Biographical/Historical Note

• 1905: Born April 13.

• 1922 - 1928 : Attends Technische Hochschule, Vienna.

• 1928: Receives masters in architecture and English.

• 1928 - 1929 : Works in office of Professor O.R. Salvisberg, Dean, School of Architecture, Berlin.

• 1930 - 1931 : Associate of Professor S. Theiss, Dean, School of Architecture, Vienna.

• 1931: Receives doctorate.

• 1932 - 1935 : Ghost architect for national competitions, Capri, Naples.

• 1935 - 1936 : Study trip to the United States.

• 1936: Designs Casa Oro, Naples.

• 1937 - 1938 : Partner of Giovanni Ponti, Milan, and editor of Domus.

• 1938 - 1941 : Independent architect, São Paolo, Brazil.

• 1941: Second visit to the United States upon the invitation of the Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA) as the Brazilian winner of an inter-American design competition. Permanently resides in New York until his death.

• 1942 - 1943 : Associate Editor and Art Director, New Pencil Points (now known as Progressive Architecture).

• 1944 - 1945 : Director of Apparel Research, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Guest Director of Exhibitions, MoMA, for "Are Clothes Modern?"

• 1945: Receives New York State architectural license.

• 1946 - 1949 : Editorial and Art Director, Interiors.

• 1956: Guest Director of Exhibitions, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) for "Textiles U.S.A."

• 1956 - 1957 : Bemis Visiting Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

• 1957 - 1958 : Chief Architect and Originator of the United States Government Exhibitions at the United States Pavilion, Brussels Universal Exposition.

• 1958 - 1960 : Research Professor, Waseda University, Tokyo.

• 1961: Visiting Critic, Graduate School of Architecture, Yale University.

• 1961 - 1965 : Consultant, Department of Architecture, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).

• 1961 - 1963 : Member, Advisory Screening Committee on Art & Architecture, United States Government Awards.

• 1964: Guest Director of Exhibitions, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) for "Architecture without architects."

• 1965: Guest Director of Exhibitions, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) for "Japanese Manuscript Maps" with works from his own collection.

• 1965 - 1966 : Visiting Professor of Art, Yale.

• 1975: Guest Professor of Architecture, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen.

• 1979 - 1981 : Smithsonian Scholar in Residence, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York.

• 1988: Dies in New York.

From the guide to the Bernard Rudofsky papers, ca. 1910-1987, (Getty Research Institute)