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Richard Neutra

1892 to 1970 10 documented presences 9 places

Quo Fuit places 10 dated presences for Richard Neutra across 9 places, from 1892 to 1943. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Richard Joseph Neutra (8 April 1892 – 16 April 1970) was an Austrian-American architect.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Richard Neutra was documented, and when

8 April 1892exact date
Leopoldstadtattested “Neutra was born in Leopoldstadt, the second district of Vienna, Austria Hungary, on 8 April 1892, into a wealthy Jewish family.” source: Wikipedia: Richard Neutra
1910year
Viennaattested “He studied under Max Fabiani and Karl Mayreder at the Vienna University of Technology (1910–18) and also attended the private architecture school of Adolf Loos.” source: Wikipedia: Richard Neutra
1910year
Vienna Universityattested “He studied under Max Fabiani and Karl Mayreder at the Vienna University of Technology (1910–18) and also attended the private architecture school of Adolf Loos.” source: Wikipedia: Richard Neutra
1912year
Italyattested “In 1912, he undertook a study trip to Italy and the Balkans with Ernst Ludwig Freud (son of Sigmund Freud).” source: Wikipedia: Richard Neutra
June 1914month
Trebinjeattested “In June 1914, Neutra's studies were interrupted when he was ordered to Trebinje, where he served as a lieutenant in the artillery until the end of World War I.” source: Wikipedia: Richard Neutra
1917year
Viennaattested “He was just a small town clerk in Vienna, but then he became his commander." Neutra took a leave in 1917 to return to the Technische Hochschule to take his final examinations.” source: Wikipedia: Richard Neutra
1923 to 1929period
United Statesattested “Richard Neutra moved to the United States by 1923 and became a naturalized citizen in 1929.” source: Wikipedia: Richard Neutra
1932year
Soviet Unionattested “In 1932, he tried to move to the Soviet Union, to help design workers' housing that could be easily constructed, as a means of helping with the housing shortage.” source: Wikipedia: Richard Neutra
1943 to 1944period
Bennington Collegeattested “From 1943 to 1944, Neutra served as a visiting professor of design at Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont.” source: Wikipedia: Richard Neutra
1943 to 1944period
Benningtonattested “From 1943 to 1944, Neutra served as a visiting professor of design at Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont.” source: Wikipedia: Richard Neutra

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Places Richard Neutra is documented in

Vienna2 presences · 1910 to 1917Italy1 presence · 1912Soviet Union1 presence · 1932United States1 presence · 1923
Bennington1 presence · 1943
Bennington College1 presence · 1943
Leopoldstadt1 presence · 1892
Trebinje1 presence · 1914
Vienna University1 presence · 1910

Other places tied to Richard Neutra in the record

In each of these, a source puts Richard Neutra and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Richard Neutra was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.

1921year
Berlinmentioned “In 1921, he served briefly as city architect in the German town of Luckenwalde, and later in the same year he joined the office of Erich Mendelsohn in Berlin.” source: Wikipedia: Richard Neutra
1922 to 1923period
Berlinmentioned “Neutra contributed to the firm's competition entry for a new commercial center for Haifa, British Mandate of Palestine (1922), and to the Zehlendorf housing project in Berlin (1923).” source: Wikipedia: Richard Neutra
1922 to 1925period
Californiamentioned “Neutra's first works in California were both in the realm of landscape architecture: namely, the grounds of the Lovell Beach House (1922–25), in Newport Beach, which Schindler had designed for Philip Lovell; and a pergola and wading pool…” source: Wikipedia: Richard Neutra
1922 to 1925period
Newport Beachmentioned “Neutra's first works in California were both in the realm of landscape architecture: namely, the grounds of the Lovell Beach House (1922–25), in Newport Beach, which Schindler had designed for Philip Lovell; and a pergola and wading pool…” source: Wikipedia: Richard Neutra
1955year
Karachimentioned “In 1955, the United States Department of State commissioned Neutra to design a new embassy in Karachi.” source: Wikipedia: Richard Neutra
1960 to 1970period
Switzerlandmentioned “Between 1960 and 1970, Neutra created eight villas in Europe, four in Switzerland, three in Germany, and one in France.” source: Wikipedia: Richard Neutra
1960 to 1970period
Germanymentioned “Between 1960 and 1970, Neutra created eight villas in Europe, four in Switzerland, three in Germany, and one in France.” source: Wikipedia: Richard Neutra

Documented at the same place, the same year

Josef HoffmannAcademy of Fine Arts Vienna · 1892Maximilian KolbeRome · 1912Shoghi EffendiRome · 1912Maxim GorkyUSSR · 1932Umberto NobileUSSR · 1932Nikolai KondratievUSSR · 1932P. L. TraversUSSR · 1932Fritz LangVienna · 1910Luise RainerVienna · 1910Alexander WienerbergerVienna · 1910Robert StolzVienna · 1910Richard von Coudenhove-KalergiUniversity of Vienna · 1917

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Sources

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