Hugh Casson

Hugh Casson

male, deceased (1999)
Old Eastbournian, Royal Designer for Industry, Eastbourne College, RDI, Air Ministry, modernist…Royal College of Art, Royal Festival Hall, FestivalofBritain, Bartlett School of Architecture
Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson, KCVO, RA, RDI, (23 May 1910 – 15 August 1999) was a British architect, interior designer, artist, and influential writer an...
Robin Day

Robin Day

male, 94 years old
Furniture designer, injection moulding, Royal College of Art alumni, Lucienne Day, FCSD, Chartered Society of Designer…FestivalofBritain
Robin Day FCSD (born 1915) is a British furniture designer. Day is best known for his injection moulded Polyprop stacking chair, of which over 20...
Leslie Martin

Leslie Martin

male, deceased (1999)
Alison and Peter Smithson, Colin St. John Wilson, James Stirling, International style, University of Hull, circle…Order of the British Empire, Alumni of the University of Manchester, Royal Festival Hall, Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, FestivalofBritain
Sir John Leslie Martin KBE (Manchester, 17 August 1908 - 28 July 1999) was an English Architect. A leading advocate of the International Style...

Philip Powell

male, deceased (2003)
World War II, architect, British, christ church, riba, knight…Chichester Festival Theatre, Museum of London, FestivalofBritain
Sir Arnold Joseph Philip Powell (1921- May 5 2003 in London), usually known as Philip Powell, was a ground-breaking English post-war architect. He...

Ralph Tubbs

male, deceased (1996)
Kensington, Royal Institute of British Architect, Wimbledon, London, FestivalofBritain, FRIBA, South Bank…Dome of Discovery, Order of the British Empire
Ralph Tubbs, OBE, FRIBA was a British architect. Well known amongst the buildings he designed was the Dome of Discovery at the successful Festival...
Maxwell Fry

Maxwell Fry

male, deceased (1987)
Modernism, Jane Drew, World War II, architect, university of liverpool, Modernist architect…university of ibadan, Royal Institute of British Architect, FestivalofBritain, co-founder of MARS
Edwin Maxwell Fry, usually known as Maxwell Fry (born 2 August 1899; died 3 September 1987) was an English modernist architect. He was trained at...
Felix Samuely

Felix Samuely

male, deceased (1959)
Structural engineer, Bexhill-on-Sea, De La Warr Pavilion, FestivalofBritain, The De La Warr Pavilion, Felix J Samuely
Felix J Samuely (1902-1959) was a Structural engineer. He immigrated to Britain in 1933. Worked with Erich Mendelsohn on the De la Warr Pavilion,...
Robert Welch

Robert Welch

male, deceased (2000)
stainless steel, tableware, British modernism, Royal College of Art, Alumni of the Royal College of Art, scandinavia…FestivalofBritain, Birmingham College of Art
Robert Welch (1929-2000) is one of Britain's most important and influential silversmiths. His style helped define British modernism. He trained as...
Josef Herman

Josef Herman

male, deceased (2000)
realism, realist, Jewish, Miner, contemporary art, Royal Academy…Order of the British Empire, FestivalofBritain, Warsaw School of Art
Josef Herman (b. 1911, d. February 19 2000) was a highly regarded realist painter who had an undeniable impact on contemporary art, particularly in...
Heinz Henghes

Heinz Henghes

male, deceased (1975)
Constantin Brancuşi, Modern sculptor, Lascaux, Dunera, FestivalofBritain, Dordogne…Academic of the Royal College of Art, Royal College of Art
Heinz Henghes (August 20, 1906 - December 20, 1975) was a British sculptor. Born Gustav Heinrich Clusmann in Hamburg (Germany) at the age of 17...