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Iwao Yamawaki
Japanese
1898–1987
About the Artist
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Iwao Yamawaki. Self-Portrait. 1930–32. Gelatin silver print with collaged cutout, 4 x 7 3/4" (10.2 x 19.7 cm). Digital image Courtesy Phillips Auctioneers LLC. © Makoto Yamawaki - Alternate Name(s) Iwao Fujita (Birth Name) 山脇巌 (Alternate Name)
Meeting Points
- Photo Industry Hubs Berlin
- Schools Bauhaus, 1919–33
Artist Chronology
| 1899 |
Born
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Nagasaki |
| 1926 |
Graduates from the Department of Architecture at Tokyo's National Art University
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Tokyo |
| 1926 |
Works at an architectural firm
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Tokyo |
| Summer 1930–Summer 1932 |
Studies Construction and Development at the Bauhaus
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Dessau |
| Summer and fall 1932 |
Travels in England and the Netherlands
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London Amsterdam |
| 1933–71 |
Establishes Iwao Yamawaki Achitecture Association
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Tokyo |
| 1939 |
New York World's Fair
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Organizer: Kate Steinitz
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New York |
| 1949–71 |
Professor at Nihon University College of Art and Lecturer at Tokyo Education University
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Tokyo |
| 1950 |
Gropius and the Bauhaus exhibition
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Tokyo |
| 1965 |
Architect of the new buildings for Nihon University College of Art
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Tokyo |
| 1987 |
Dies
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Tokyo |
