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Gehry was born Frank Owen Goldberg [4] on February 28, 1929, in Toronto, Ontario, [5] to parents Sadie Thelma (née Kaplanski/Caplan) and Irving Goldberg. [6] His father was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Russian Jewish parents, and his mother was a Polish Jewish immigrant born in Łódź.
Jul 2, 2024 · Frank Gehry (born February 28, 1929, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian American architect and designer whose original, sculptural, often audacious work won him worldwide renown.
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Apr 2, 2014 · Frank Gehry was born Frank Owen Goldberg on February 28, 1929, in Toronto, Canada. The Goldberg family was Polish and Jewish. Frank was creative at a young age, building imaginary...
Jan 23, 2024 · Frank Gehry was born Frank Owen Goldberg on Thursday, February 28, 1929, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His parents were Sadie Thelma and Irving Goldberg, who were Jewish immigrants from Poland and Russia.
Born in Toronto, Gehry moved to Los Angeles in 1947 and established his architectural practice there in 1962. He rose to prominence in the 1970s with his distinctive style that blended everyday materials with complex, dynamic structures.
Gehry was born Frank Goldberg in Toronto, Ontario. His parents were Sadie Caplan and Irving Goldberg (a former boxer and a travelling salesman who specialized in pinball and slot machines). They were descended, respectively, from Polish and Russian Jews and, although he rarely used it, Frank was also given the Hebrew name Ephraim.
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Biography of the american architect Frank Gehry. The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is one of Frank Gehry’s most celebrated works.
