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Walter Gropius
German-American architect (1883–1969)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 18 May 1883
- Died
- 5 July 1969
- Conflict
- World War I, World War II
- Place of birth
- Berlin
- Place of death
- Boston
- Sex or gender
- male
- Family name
- Gropius
- Father
- Walter Gropius
- Mother
- Manon Gropius
- Spouse
- Alma Mahler, Ise Gropius
- Child
- Manon Gropius
- Movement
- Bauhaus, International Style
- Field of work
- architecture
- Occupation
- architect, pedagogue, urban planner, designer, teacher, industrial designer, university teacher
- Citizenship
- German Empire, Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, Germany
- Awards
- Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Royal Gold Medal, Goethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt, Ernst Reuter Medal, Albert Medal, Honorary Royal Designer for Industry, Johann Heinrich Merck Honour
- artist files at
- National Gallery of Art Library
- birth name
- Walter Adolf Georg Gropius
- copyright representative
- reproduction right represented by CISAC-member
- described by source
- Dresdner Hefte
- different from
- Walter Gropius
- documentation files at
- SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts
- employer
- Harvard University, Black Mountain College, Bauhaus
- has works in the collection
- Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Art Institute of Chicago, Design Museum Gent, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design, Mutek, Keramiekcentrum Tiendschuur Tegelen
- member of
- Deutscher Werkbund, Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne, Royal Academy of Arts, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Fine Arts (Argentina), American Academy of Arts and Letters
- name in native language
- Walter Gropius
- participant in
- 1932 Summer Olympics
- place of burial
- Südwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf
- relative
- Martin Gropius
- student of
- Karl Ernst Osthaus, Peter Behrens
- topic's main category
- Category:Walter Gropius
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