Abramovitz, Max, 1908-2004

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Dates:
Birth 1908-05-23
Death 2004-09-12
Americans,

Biographical notes:

d. 2004.

From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84366616

Architect.

From the description of Papers, 1957-1982. (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 28411461

Prize winning student drawing for Columbia University's School of Architecture. Location of stadium is Riverside Park at the foot of 116th Street, same site as Palmer and Hornbostel proposed for the University in 1906.

From the description of [Design for stadium in Riverside Park] [graphic] / Max Abramovitz. [1931] (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 84291183

Max Abramovitz did postgraduate work at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1932-1934, and traveled extensively during this period. Avery Library has his travel sketch of Salamanca, Spain, dated 1932 and one of Ronda, Spain, 1933.

From the description of Toledo [graphic] / [Max Abramovitz]. [circa 1932-1933] (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 77883115

Abramovitz-Harris-Kingsland designed the Chapel, job no. A-434.

From the description of [West Point Chapel sketches] [graphic]. 1970-1983. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 83724838

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Subjects:

  • Architects
  • Architecture
  • Architecture
  • Assembly Hall
  • Beaux
  • Buildings
  • College buildings
  • Universities and colleges
  • Competition drawings
  • Drama
  • Faculty Players Club
  • Illini Theatre Guild
  • International style (Architecture)
  • Jewish architecture
  • Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
  • Mask and Bauble
  • Stadiums
  • Student competitions
  • Synagogues
  • Theatre
  • Theatrical productions
  • University Theatre

Occupations:

  • Architect
  • Architects
  • Collector

Places:

  • Toledo (Spain) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Ronda (Málaga, Spain) (as recorded)
  • Morocco (Spanish zone) (as recorded)
  • Riverside Park (New York, N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • Flushing (New York, N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • West Point (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • New York (State)--West Point (as recorded)
  • Illinois (as recorded)
  • Battery Park City (New York, N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • Urbana (Ill.) (as recorded)
  • Flushing Meadows Park (Queens, New York, N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • Salamanca (Spain) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)

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