Richard Neutra

Born in Vienna, 8 April 1892
Died in Los Angeles, 10 April 1970

Richard Josef Neutra entered the Technische Hochschule in Vienna in 1911 but did not graduate until 1917 after serving in the Austrian army. In 1912 he met Rudolph Schindler, and, like him and like many other Europeans at the time, he was deeply affected by the architectural designs of Frank Lloyd Wright. He arrived in America in 1923. Neutra's first major commission, the Lovell House (1929), announced the arrival of an important new architectural vision. In addition to homes, Neutra designed many distinguished public buildings including the Los Angeles Hall of Records (1961-2). Though Neutra’s professional legacy is preserved in public collections, archives and extensive publications examples of his freehand renderings and presentation materials in private collections are rare.

Submitted by Edward Cella Art and Architecture