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Richard and Dion Neutra Papers, 1925-1970

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Richard Josef Neutra was born in 1892 in Vienna. He immigrated to the United States in 1923 to work with the architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Neutra's wife Dione Neutra (1901 – 1990) and their eldest son Frank immigrated in 1924. During the fall of 1924, Frank Lloyd Wright invited Richard Neutra to his Taliesin Estate located in Spring Green, WI where Wright resided and worked. Neutra subsequently moved to Los Angeles, CA in 1925. His most productive years were during the 1930s and 1940s. During his last decade, Richard Neutra worked in partnership with his son Dion (1926 – 2019), who worked on numerous projects in the Neutra and Neutra and Alexander offices. Dione Neutra was involved with her husband's career and served as his executive assistant and publicist. Richard Neutra published several books, including Wie baut Amerika? (1927) and Survival Through Design (1954). He died in 1970.


Collection Overview

Alternative title
Richard and Dion Neutra Papers
Date Created
1925-1970

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Repository
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
Local identifier
Collection 1179
ARK
ark:/21198/zz0008b9tw
Opac url
https://search.library.ucla.edu/permalink/01UCS_LAL/17p22dp/alma9924703433606533
Finding Aid URL
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf7d5nb4js
MANIFEST URL
IIIF Manifest

Notes

Description
Richard Josef Neutra (1892-1970) was born in Vienna. He was the city architect for Luckenwalde, then worked as a draftsman-collaborator with Erich Mendelsohn in Berlin before immigrating to the United States in 1923. He worked with Frank Lloyd Wright (1924) before settling in Los Angeles. His most productive years were during 1930s and 1940s. In the 1960s, Richard J Neutra worked in partnership with his son Dion. The collection consists of correspondence both personal and professional belonging to Richard J Neutra as well as his wife Dione Neutra, travel records and sketches, publications, drawings, blueprints, oversized rolled plans, audio recordings, and photographs.

Keywords

Subjects
Architects--20th century
Architecture--California--20th century
Names
Richard and Dion Neutra, Architects and Associates--Archives

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