Rudofsky, Bernard, 1905-1988

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1905-04-19
Death 1988-03-12
Austrians,
German,

Biographical notes:

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)

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Subjects:

  • Architecture, Domestic
  • Architecture
  • Architecture
  • Architecture
  • Architecture
  • Clothing and dress
  • Fashion design

Occupations:

  • Photographers

Places:

  • Brazil--São Paulo (as recorded)
  • Italy--Capri (as recorded)
  • Italy--Naples (as recorded)
  • Thera Island (Greece) (as recorded)
  • Greece (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)

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