Frank Gehry

Details

Instance of

human

Born

28 February 1929

Died

5 December 2025

Place of birth

Toronto

Place of death

Santa Monica

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Frank, Owen

Family name

Gehry, Goldberg

Father

Irving Goldberg

Movement

postmodern architecture

Field of work

architecture, opera, jewelry

Occupation

architect, furniture designer, designer, jewelry designer, scenographer, musician, author, draftsperson

Citizenship

United States, Canada, Canada

Native language

English

Awards

AIA Gold Medal, National Medal of Arts, Pritzker Architecture Prize, Praemium Imperiale, Steiger Award, The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, Wolf Prize in Architecture, Royal Gold Medal, Companion of the Order of Canada, Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts, Presidential Medal of Freedom, California Hall of Fame

artist files at

Philadelphia Museum of Art Library and Archives, Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library, Université du Québec à Montréal

birth name

Frank Owen Goldberg

described by source

hedendaagsesieraden.nl

educated at

University of Southern California, Harvard University, USC School of Architecture, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Bloor Collegiate Institute, Harbord Collegiate Institute

employer

Columbia University

end of work period

2020

floruit

2014

has works in the collection

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Canada, Design Museum Gent, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Modern Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Jill & Byron Crawford collection, Museum of Arts and Design

languages spoken, written or signed

English

member of

European Academy of Sciences and Arts, American Academy of Arts and Letters, Royal Academy of Arts, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

name in native language

Frank Gehry

notable work

DZ Bank building, 8 Spruce Street, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial, Stata Center, Biomuseo, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Weisman Art Museum, Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, Dancing House

owner of

Gehry Residence

partner in business or sport

Alberto Zorzi

start of work period

1957

topic's main category

Category:Frank Gehry

work location

Toronto, Los Angeles, Santa Monica

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Authority files