The Lesson of War Housing

Summary information

Date

Tue Jan 16 1945 until Mon Mar 05 1945

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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Concurrent exhibitions

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

November 1944

December 1944

January 1945

February 1945

March 1945

April 1945

The Lesson of War Housing

Painting, Sculpture, Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection

Recent Acquisitions

French Photographs: Daguerre to Atget

Integrated Building: Kitchen, Bathroom, and Storage

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

#	Start	End	Title
1	1944-11	1945-05	Painting, Sculpture, Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection
2	1945-02	1945-03	Recent Acquisitions
3	1945-02	1945-05	French Photographs: Daguerre to Atget
4	1945-02	1945-05	Integrated Building: Kitchen, Bathroom, and Storage

Artists

There were 9 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.

Marcel Breuer

Biographical statement American, born Hungary. 1902–1981

Born 1902 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1981

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Marcel Breuer

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Marcel Breuer was involved in 43 exhibitions across 9 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s,2000s with 9 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1980s,1990s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1936-03	1936-04	MoMA	Cubism and Abstract Art
2	1937-02	1937-03	MoMA	Modern Architecture in England
3	1938-06	1938-09	Rockefeller Center	Wheaton College Competition
4	1938-12	1939-01	Rockefeller Center	Bauhaus: 1919–1928
5	1939-02	1939-03	Rockefeller Center	Three Centuries of American Architecture
6	1939-05	1939-09	Rockefeller Center	Houses and Housing: Industrial Art

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-09	1941-09	MoMA	The Wooden House in America
2	1944-05	1944-10	MoMA	Design for Use
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	1946-01	1946-01	MoMA	If You Want to Build a House
6	1946-11	1947-01	MoMA	Modern Rooms of the Last Fifty Years
7	1949-04	1949-10	MoMA	The House in the Museum Garden
8	1949-08	1949-10	MoMA	Painting and Sculpture in Architecture
9	1949-10	1949-12	MoMA	Modern Art in Your Life

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1950-05	1950-07	MoMA	Prize Designs for Modern Furniture
2	1950-07	1950-09	MoMA	Three Modern Styles
3	1952-06	1952-07	MoMA	Architecture in the New York Area
4	1953-01	1953-03	MoMA	Built in USA: Post-War Architecture
5	1953-08	1953-10	MoMA	Thonet Furniture
6	1958-12	1959-02	MoMA	20th Century Design from the Museum Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1964-05		MoMA	Philip L. Goodwin Galleries of Architecture and Design
2	1968-09	1968-11	MoMA	Architecture of Museums

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1977-08	1977-10	MoMA	The Graphic Revolution: 1915–1935
2	1979-02	1979-04	MoMA	Transformations in Modern Architecture
3	1979-08	1979-09	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions: Architecture and Design
4	1979-11	1980-01	MoMA	Art of the Twenties

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1981-07	1981-09	MoMA	Marcel Breuer: Furniture and Interiors

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1992-09		MoMA	Selections from the Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2000-04	2000-09	MoMA	Seeing Double
2	2004-11	2005-11	MoMA	Architecture and Design: Inaugural Installation
3	2005-12	2006-04	MoMA	Architecture and Design: Rotation 2
4	2007-04	2007-06	MoMA	75 Years of Architecture at MoMA
5	2008-04	2009-04	MoMA	Architecture and Design Rotation 2008
6	2008-07	2008-10	MoMA	Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling
7	2009-05	2011-01	MoMA	What was Good Design? MoMA's Message 1944–56
8	2009-11	2010-01	MoMA	Bauhaus 1919–1933: Workshops for Modernity
9	2009-12	2012-02	MoMA	Shaping Modernity: Design 1880–1980, Part 1

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2010-09	2011-05	MoMA	Counter Space: Design and the Modern Kitchen
2	2010-11	2011-05	MoMA	Building Collections: Recent Acquisitions of Architecture
3	2011-02	2013-03	MoMA	Plywood: Material, Process, Form
4	2012-03	2013-03	MoMA	Shaping Modernity: Design 1880–1980, Part 2
5	2012-07	2012-11	MoMA	Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000

Hervey Parke Clark

Biographical statement American, 1882–1982

Born 1882 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1982

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Hervey Parke Clark

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Hervey Parke Clark 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	1943-03	1943-04	MoMA	Five California Houses
2	1945-01	1945-03	MoMA	The Lesson of War Housing

Alden B. Dow

Biographical statement American, 1904–1983

Born 1904 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1983

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Alden B. Dow

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Alden B. Dow 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	1945-01	1945-03	MoMA	The Lesson of War Housing

Carl F. Gromme Walter Gropius

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

Walter Gropius

Biographical statement German, 1883–1969

Born 1883 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1969

Nationality German

Gender Male

External information resources for Walter Gropius

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Walter Gropius was involved in 30 exhibitions across 8 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1930s with 9 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1970s,1980s,1990s,2010s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1932-02	1932-03	Crown Building	Modern Architecture: International Exhibition
2	1934-11	1935-01	MoMA	Modern Works of Art: 5th Anniversary Exhibition
3	1936-03	1936-04	MoMA	Cubism and Abstract Art
4	1936-06	1936-09	MoMA	Modern Exposition Architecture
5	1937-02	1937-03	MoMA	Modern Architecture in England
6	1938-06	1938-09	Rockefeller Center	Wheaton College Competition
7	1938-12	1939-01	Rockefeller Center	Bauhaus: 1919–1928
8	1939-02	1939-03	Rockefeller Center	Three Centuries of American Architecture
9	1939-05	1939-09	Rockefeller Center	Houses and Housing: Industrial Art

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-09	1941-09	MoMA	The Wooden House in America
2	1944-05	1944-10	MoMA	Built in the U.S.A., 1932–44
3	1945-01	1945-03	MoMA	The Lesson of War Housing
4	1945-08	1945-09	MoMA	Textile Design
5	1946-01	1946-01	MoMA	If You Want to Build a House
6	1947-06	1947-09	MoMA	Two Cities: Planning in North and South America
7	1949-08	1949-10	MoMA	Painting and Sculpture in Architecture
8	1949-10	1949-12	MoMA	Modern Art in Your Life

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1950-07	1950-09	MoMA	Three Modern Styles
2	1952-12	1953-02	MoMA	De Stijl
3	1953-01	1953-03	MoMA	Built in USA: Post-War Architecture
4	1954-03	1954-05	MoMA	Signs in the Street
5	1958-12	1959-02	MoMA	20th Century Design from the Museum Collection

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

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1981-07	1981-09	MoMA	Marcel Breuer: Furniture and Interiors

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1992-09		MoMA	Selections from the Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2004-11	2005-11	MoMA	Architecture and Design: Inaugural Installation
2	2008-07	2008-10	MoMA	Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling
3	2009-11	2010-01	MoMA	Bauhaus 1919–1933: Workshops for Modernity
4	2009-12	2012-02	MoMA	Shaping Modernity: Design 1880–1980, Part 1

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2012-03	2013-03	MoMA	Shaping Modernity: Design 1880–1980, Part 2

Hugh Stubbins Jr.

Howe, Stonorov & Kahn

Francis E. Lloyd

Biographical statement

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

Died

Nationality

Gender

External information resources for Francis E. Lloyd

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Francis E. Lloyd 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	1945-01	1945-03	MoMA	The Lesson of War Housing
2	1946-11	1947-01	MoMA	Modern Rooms of the Last Fifty Years

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

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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

The Lesson of War Housing

Summary information

Date

Location

Carried out by

Concurrent exhibitions

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

MoMA

Artists

B

Marcel Breuer

Exhibitions

1930s (6)

1940s (9)

1950s (6)

1960s (2)

1970s (4)

1980s (1)

1990s (1)

2000s (9)

2010s (5)

C

Hervey Parke Clark

Exhibitions

1940s (2)

D

Alden B. Dow

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

G

Carl F. Gromme

Exhibitions

1940s (2)

Walter Gropius

Exhibitions

1930s (9)

1940s (8)

1950s (5)

1970s (1)

1980s (1)

1990s (1)

2000s (4)

2010s (1)

J

K

L

Francis E. Lloyd

Exhibitions

1940s (2)

N

Richard Neutra

Exhibitions

1930s (6)

1940s (8)

1950s (1)

1970s (1)

1980s (1)

2000s (2)

2010s (1)

Acknowledgements