Modern Architecture for the Modern School

Summary information

Date

Wed Sep 16 1942 until Thu Oct 01 1942

Location

MoMA ^{type:exhibition building spaces}
11 West 53rd St. ^{type:thoroughfare names}

Carried out by

The Museum of Modern Art

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Exhibitions that overlap with this exhibition, in this dataset. Double-click an item in the timeline to view the corresponding exhibition page.

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Modern Architecture for the Modern School

New Acquisition: Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night

Modern Primitives: Artists of the People

Road to Victory

Josephine Joy: Romantic Painter

New Acquisitions: American Painting and Sculpture

New Posters from England

How to make a Photogram

How Modern Artists Paint People

Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

#	Start	End	Title
1	1941-09	1943-07	New Acquisition: Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night
2	1941-10	1944-04	Modern Primitives: Artists of the People
3	1942-05	1942-10	Road to Victory
4	1942-06	1942-10	Josephine Joy: Romantic Painter
5	1942-08	1942-09	New Acquisitions: American Painting and Sculpture
6	1942-09	1942-10	New Posters from England
7	1942-09	1942-11	How to make a Photogram
8	1942-09	1942-10	How Modern Artists Paint People
9	1942-09	1942-12	Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture

Artists

There were 16 persons who influenced this exhibition.

Persons are ordered alphabetically by surname. Select a letter in the concertina to continue. Click on the person's name to view further information.

Hans Brechbuhler

Biographical statement

Born 1907 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1989

Nationality

Gender

External information resources for Hans Brechbuhler

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Hans Brechbuhler was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1942-09	1942-09	MoMA	Modern Architecture for the Modern School

Vernon DeMars

Biographical statement American, 1908–2008

Born 1908 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 2008

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Vernon DeMars

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Vernon DeMars was involved in 3 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 3 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 3 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1942-09	1942-09	MoMA	Modern Architecture for the Modern School
2	1944-05	1944-10	MoMA	Built in the U.S.A., 1932–44
3	1945-05	1945-09	MoMA	Tomorrow's Small House: Models and Plans

Edwin Maxwell Fry

Biographical statement British, 1899–1987

Born 1899 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1987

Nationality British

Gender

External information resources for Edwin Maxwell Fry

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Edwin Maxwell Fry was involved in 3 exhibitions across 2 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1930s with 2 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1937-02	1937-03	MoMA	Modern Architecture in England
2	1938-12	1939-01	Rockefeller Center	Bauhaus: 1919–1928

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1942-09	1942-09	MoMA	Modern Architecture for the Modern School

Carl F. Gromme

Biographical statement

Born ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died

Nationality

Gender Male

External information resources for Carl F. Gromme

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Carl F. Gromme was involved in 2 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 2 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 2 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1942-09	1942-09	MoMA	Modern Architecture for the Modern School
2	1945-01	1945-03	MoMA	The Lesson of War Housing

Burnham Hoyt

Biographical statement American, 1887–1960

Born 1887 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1960

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Burnham Hoyt

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Burnham Hoyt was involved in 2 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 2 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 2 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1942-09	1942-09	MoMA	Modern Architecture for the Modern School
2	1944-05	1944-10	MoMA	Built in the U.S.A., 1932–44

Franklin and Kump

Finney and Langford William Lescaze

William Lescaze

Biographical statement American, born Switzerland. 1896–1969

Born 1896 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1969

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for William Lescaze

Exhibitions

In this dataset, William Lescaze was involved in 14 exhibitions across 5 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1930s with 7 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s,2000s,2010s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1932-02	1932-03	Crown Building	Modern Architecture: International Exhibition
2	1934-01	1934-01	MoMA	Philadelphia Savings Fund Society Building by Howe and Lescaze
3	1936-06	1936-09	MoMA	Modern Exposition Architecture
4	1936-06	1936-07	MoMA	Architecture in Government Housing
5	1937-02	1937-03	MoMA	Modern Architecture in England
6	1939-02	1939-03	Rockefeller Center	Three Centuries of American Architecture
7	1939-05	1939-09	Rockefeller Center	Houses and Housing: Industrial Art

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1942-09	1942-09	MoMA	Modern Architecture for the Modern School
2	1944-05	1944-10	MoMA	Built in the U.S.A., 1932–44
3	1949-08	1949-10	MoMA	Painting and Sculpture in Architecture
4	1949-10	1949-12	MoMA	Modern Art in Your Life

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1952-06	1952-07	MoMA	Architecture in the New York Area

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2004-11	2005-11	MoMA	Architecture and Design: Inaugural Installation

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2010-09	2011-05	MoMA	Counter Space: Design and the Modern Kitchen

Thomas B. Mulvin

Biographical statement

Born ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died

Nationality

Gender Male

External information resources for Thomas B. Mulvin

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Thomas B. Mulvin was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1942-09	1942-09	MoMA	Modern Architecture for the Modern School

Richard Neutra

Biographical statement American, born Austria. 1892–1970

Born 1892 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1970

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Richard Neutra

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Richard Neutra was involved in 20 exhibitions across 7 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 8 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s,1970s,1980s,2010s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1932-02	1932-03	Crown Building	Modern Architecture: International Exhibition
2	1935-09	1935-10	MoMA	Contemporary Architecture in California
3	1938-06	1938-09	Rockefeller Center	Wheaton College Competition
4	1939-02	1939-03	Rockefeller Center	Three Centuries of American Architecture
5	1939-02	1939-03	MoMA	Williamsburg Competition
6	1939-05	1939-09	Rockefeller Center	Houses and Housing: Industrial Art

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1942-09	1942-09	MoMA	Modern Architecture for the Modern School
2	1943-03	1943-04	MoMA	Five California Houses
3	1944-05	1944-10	MoMA	Built in the U.S.A., 1932–44
4	1945-01	1945-03	MoMA	The Lesson of War Housing
5	1945-02	1945-05	MoMA	Integrated Building: Kitchen, Bathroom, and Storage
6	1945-08	1945-09	MoMA	Textile Design
7	1946-01	1946-01	MoMA	If You Want to Build a House
8	1946-11	1947-01	MoMA	Modern Rooms of the Last Fifty Years

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1953-01	1953-03	MoMA	Built in USA: Post-War Architecture

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1979-11	1980-01	MoMA	Art of the Twenties

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1982-07	1982-10	MoMA	The Architecture of Richard Neutra: From International Style to California Modern

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2000-04	2000-09	MoMA	Modern Living II
2	2009-04	2010-02	MoMA	In Situ: Architecture and Landscape

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2012-07	2012-11	MoMA	Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000

Eero Saarinen Eliel Saarinen Vernon F. Sears Lyndon and Smith Robert Stanton

Eero Saarinen

Biographical statement American, born Finland. 1910–1961

Born 1910 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1961

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Eero Saarinen

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Eero Saarinen was involved in 23 exhibitions across 7 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s,1950s with 7 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1970s,1990s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1938-06	1938-09	Rockefeller Center	Wheaton College Competition
2	1939-02	1939-03	MoMA	Williamsburg Competition

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1940-01	1940-03	MoMA	Smithsonian Competition
2	1942-09	1942-09	MoMA	Modern Architecture for the Modern School
3	1944-05	1944-10	MoMA	Design for Use
4	1944-05	1944-10	MoMA	Built in the U.S.A., 1932–44
5	1945-02	1945-05	MoMA	Integrated Building: Kitchen, Bathroom, and Storage
6	1947-03	1947-06	MoMA	Printed Textiles for the Home
7	1949-04	1949-10	MoMA	The House in the Museum Garden

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1950-07	1950-09	MoMA	Three Modern Styles
2	1950-11	1951-01	MoMA	Good Design
3	1953-01	1953-03	MoMA	Built in USA: Post-War Architecture
4	1955-02	1955-03	MoMA	Good Design: 5th Anniversary
5	1957-02	1957-04	MoMA	Buildings for Business and Government
6	1958-12	1959-02	MoMA	20th Century Design from the Museum Collection
7	1959-02	1959-04	MoMA	Architecture and Imagery: Four New Buildings

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1961-09	1961-11	MoMA	Eero Saarinen, 1910–1961
2	1964-05		MoMA	Philip L. Goodwin Galleries of Architecture and Design

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1979-02	1979-04	MoMA	Transformations in Modern Architecture

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1991-02	1991-04	MoMA	Art of the Forties

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2004-11	2005-11	MoMA	Architecture and Design: Inaugural Installation
2	2005-12	2006-04	MoMA	Architecture and Design: Rotation 2
3	2009-05	2011-01	MoMA	What was Good Design? MoMA's Message 1944–56

Vernon F. Sears

Biographical statement

Born ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Vernon F. Sears was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1942-09	1942-09	MoMA	Modern Architecture for the Modern School

Robert Stanton

Biographical statement

Born ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died

Nationality

Gender Male

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Robert Stanton was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1942-09	1942-09	MoMA	Modern Architecture for the Modern School

Eliel Saarinen

Biographical statement Finnish, 1873–1950

Born 1873 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1950

Nationality

Gender Male

External information resources for Eliel Saarinen

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Eliel Saarinen was involved in 4 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 4 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 4 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1940-01	1940-03	MoMA	Smithsonian Competition
2	1942-09	1942-09	MoMA	Modern Architecture for the Modern School
3	1944-05	1944-10	MoMA	Built in the U.S.A., 1932–44
4	1949-10	1949-12	MoMA	Modern Art in Your Life

Perkins, Wheeler, and Will

Modern Architecture for the Modern School

Summary information

Date

Location

Carried out by

Concurrent exhibitions

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

MoMA

Artists

B

Hans Brechbuhler

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

D

Vernon DeMars

Exhibitions

1940s (3)

F

Edwin Maxwell Fry

Exhibitions

1930s (2)

1940s (1)

G

Carl F. Gromme

Exhibitions

1940s (2)

H

Burnham Hoyt

Exhibitions

1940s (2)

K

L

William Lescaze

Exhibitions

1930s (7)

1940s (4)

1950s (1)

2000s (1)

2010s (1)

M

Thomas B. Mulvin

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

N

Richard Neutra

Exhibitions

1930s (6)

1940s (8)

1950s (1)

1970s (1)

1980s (1)

2000s (2)

2010s (1)

S

Eero Saarinen

Exhibitions

1930s (2)

1940s (7)

1950s (7)

1960s (2)

1970s (1)

1990s (1)

2000s (3)

Vernon F. Sears

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

Robert Stanton

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

Eliel Saarinen

Exhibitions

1940s (4)

W

Acknowledgements