Frank Gehry
American, born Canada, 1929
Raised in Toronto, Canada, Gehry moved with his family to Los Angeles in 1947. He received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Southern California in 1954 and he studied city planning at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. In subsequent years, Gehry built an architectural career that has spanned over five decades and produced public and private buildings in America, Europe and Asia. His work has earned Gehry several of the most significant awards in the architectural field, including the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize in Architecture, the Pritzker Architecture Prize, the Wolf Prize in Arts (Architecture), the Praemium Imperiale, the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, the National Medal of Arts, the Friedrich Kiesler Prize, the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal, the Royal Institute of British Architects Gold Medal and the Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts. Gehry is also an accomplished artist, and in 2000 he began his artistic collaborations with the Gemini workshop, with whom his print for FAPE was produced. His work includes sculpture and printmaking.
Gehry’s relationship with the internationally heralded printmaking studio, Gemini G.E.L., dates back to the 1960s, two decades after Gehry first moved to Los Angeles from Toronto. In his lithographs, such as Colonnade, Gehry’s fluid form and the liveliness of touch is demonstrated on paper. The lithographs emphasize how sketching by hand is an integral part of Gehry’s creative process.
“FAPE is an organization that believes that art and design can foster a deeper appreciation of all cultures. This is a principle that is central to my work, as well, so it is wonderful to be included in FAPE’s legacy of cultural diplomacy through art. Art and architecture work in concert, and are vital to sparking creativity, enhancing understanding, and creating a dialogue. ”
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