Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Frank Owen Gehry

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Frank Owen Gehry is a Canadian-American architect, residing in Los Angeles, California.

Dancing House, Prague, Czech Republic

 

Born in Canada in 1929, Gehry attended the University of Southern California and the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

Binoculars Building (Chiat/Day Building), Venice, California.

 

Gehry is among the most acclaimed architects of the 20th century, and is known for his use of bold, postmodern shapes and unusual fabrications.

Museum of Pop Culture, Seattlle, Washington

 

His selection of materials lend some of Gehry’s designs an unfinished or even crude aesthetic.

Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain

 

Use of corrugated steel, chain-link fencing, unpainted plywood, and other utilitarian or “everyday” materials was partly inspired by spending Saturday mornings at his grandfather’s hardware store.

New York at 8 Spruce Street, New York City

 

This consistent aesthetic has made Gehry one of the most distinctive and easily recognizable designers of the recent past.

Biomuseo, Panama Canal

 

“I am not a ‘star-chitect’, I am an ar-chitect,” he has said. “There are people who design buildings that are not technically and financially good, and there are those who do. Two categories, simple.”

Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, California

 

More of Frank Owen Gehry can be found at https://www.archisoup.com/frank-gehry and https://www.moma.org/artists/2108.

 

 

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I am a writer of fantasy fiction that often surrounds middle-aged women. I am a married mother of two and granny to three, a BoHo Chic kinda gal. I am recently retired and busier than when I worked 9-5. But writing and blogging is my main game.

12 thoughts on “Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Frank Owen Gehry”

    1. I have seen (and probably kept) a few of his images through the years, but when I decided to highlight him as an artist I found a treasure trove of buildings he’s designed. I can’t believe he designed buildings so big and so famous.

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