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Edgar Kaufmann Jr. (April 9, 1910 – July 31, 1989) was an American architect, lecturer, author, and an adjunct professor of architecture and art history at Columbia University.
Edgar Kaufmann, jr. expressed the significance of Fallingwater for the Kaufmann family, the public and the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy.
Jan 6, 2014 · Their only child, Edgar Kaufmann, jr. (the lowercase “jr.” was his preferred abbreviation) was an equally sensitive and artistic man who would become the catalyst for his father’s relationship with Frank Lloyd Wright.
Oct 27, 2021 · Edgar Kaufmann jr. — yes, with a lower case "j" — inherited Fallingwater after his father's death in 1955 and later donated it to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy.
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Oct 29, 1987 · The author, Edgar Kaufmann Jr., actually stayed at Taliesin (Frank Lloyd Wright's Studio). Although not planning to become an architect, he was part of the Fellowship for a time which is how his parents came to know Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Aug 1, 1989 · Edgar Kaufmann Jr., an architecture historian, curator and philanthropist who preserved his family's celebrated Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house, Fallingwater, as a public museum, died...
Apr 1, 2024 · In 1940, Edgar Kaufmann Jr. took the helm of the Industrial Design Department at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City, a position defining his legacy. Here, Kaufmann curated collections and championed the ‘Good Design’ movement from 1950 to 1955.
