biography
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Hitchcock, Henry-Russell
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1903–87)
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| biography:
| Architectural historian, born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Harvard educated, he became regarded as the founder of modern architectural historiography. He combined rigorous scholarship, an acute critical eye, and a physical love of buildings in a stream of publications on an unparalleled range of art historical subjects. Early in his career he brought European Modernism to America, and Modern Architecture (1929), the first English-language book on the subject, was followed by his seminal International Style (he is credited with coining the term) exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art and his accompanying book (with Philip Johnson, 1932) and monographs on H H Richardson and Frank Lloyd Wright. He published volumes on 19th-c and 20th-c architecture before turning to Rococo German and Austrian architecture and the German Renaissance late in his career. Through his many years of teaching (including 20 years (1948–68) at Smith College) and his leading role in the Society of Architectural Historians, he influenced generations of architects as well as younger scholars. |
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