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ID: 500027041
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500027041
 
Record Type: Person
Le Corbusier (Swiss architect, painter, and theorist, 1887-1965, active in France)

Note: Born 6 October 1887; died 27 August 1965. Born as Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, he adopted the pseudonym "Le Corbusier" in 1920, to be used when he was active as an architect and theorist; he used the pseudonym for his paintings from ca. 1930. It derived from his maternal grandfather's name, "Lecorbésier." He emigrated to France in 1917 and was naturalized in 1930. Born into a family of horologists and enamelers, he studied at École d'Art in Chaux-de-Fonds, but was largely self-taught in painting and architecture through study trips. In the 1920s he emerged as the most important architect of the "International Style" in France. He established the Fondation Le Corbusier in Paris to care for and make available to scholars his library, architectural drawings, sketches, and paintings.
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Names:
Le Corbusier (preferred,V,display,LCP,English-P,NA,U)  ....  pseudonym adopted in 1920
Le Corbusier (French-P,NA)
Corbusier, Le (V)
Corbusier (V)
Jeanneret, Charles Édouard (VBN)
Jeanneret, Charles Edouard (V)
Charles Edouard Jeanneret (V)
Jeanneret, Charles-Edouard (V)
Jeanneret-Gris, Charles Édouard (V)
Jeanneret-Gris, Charles Edouard (V)
Gris, Charles Edouard Jeanneret- (V)
Jeanneret-Gris, Charles-Edouard (V)
Le Corbusier, Eduard (V)
Le Corbusier-Saugnier (V)
Corb (V)
Corbu (V)
Jeanneret, Le Corbusier (V)
Jenneret, Charles Edouard (V,index)
Gris, Charles Édouard Jeanneret- (V)
Corbusier, Edouard le (U)

Nationalities:
Swiss (preferred)
French

Roles:
artist (preferred)
architect
urban planner
painter
draftsman
theorist
author
sculptor
designer
writer
furniture designer
tapestry designer
textile artist
photographer

Gender: male

Birth and Death Places:
Born:  La Chaux-de-Fonds (Neuchâtel canton, Switzerland) (inhabited place)
Died:  Roquebrune (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France) (inhabited place)

Events:
active:   from 1917  France (Europe) (nation)
active:   before 1917  Switzerland (Europe) (nation)
naturalization:   became naturalized citizen in 1930  France (Europe) (nation)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:
apprentice was ....  Bonet, Antonio  
..........................  (Spanish architect, urban planner, and designer, 1913-1989) [500035947]
apprentice was ....  Karfík, Vladimír  1925
..........................  (Czech architect of Slovenian birth, 1901-1985) [500085695]
apprentice was ....  Salmona, Rogelio  
..........................  (Colombian architect, 1929-2007) [500085663]
apprentice was ....  Sert, Josep Lluís  
..........................  (American architect, 1902-1983) [500010456]
assisted by ....  Ferrari Hardoy, Jorge  ca. 1938
....................  (Argentine architect, 1914-1977) [500089201]
assisted by ....  Gardien, Fernand  
....................  (French architect, active 20th century) [500068134]
assisted by ....  Kurchan, Juan  ca. 1938
....................  (Argentine architect, 1913-1972) [500072714]
associate of ....  Chéreau, Gabriel  
......................  (French lawyer, active mid-20th century) [500224678]
collaborated with ....  Bodiansky, Vladimir  1946-1949
................................  (French engineer, 1894-1966) [500013991]
collaborated with ....  Hervé, Lucien  
................................  (French painter, architectural photographer, 1910-2007, born in Hungary) [500036835]
collaborated with ....  Niemeyer, Oscar  
................................  (Brazilian architect, 1907-2012) [500007310]
collaborated with ....  Prouvé, Jean  
................................  (French architect and designer, 1901-1984) [500115727]
collaborated with ....  Savina, Joseph  
................................  (French furniture designer and sculptor, 1901-1983) [500269049]
collaborated with ....  Wogenscky, André  from 1945 to 1965
................................  (French architect and draftsman, 1916-2004) [500004765]
cousin of ....  Jeanneret, Pierre  
................  (Swiss architect and furniture designer, 1896-1967) [500004442]
director of ....  Atelier Le Corbusier  
....................  (French architectural studio, established in first quarter of 20th century) [500041216]
employee was ....  Dávid, Károly  ca. 1931
......................  (Hungarian architect, 1903-1973) [500122574]
employee was ....  Doshi, Balkrishna V.  from 1951 to 1957 for major buildings in Chandigarh and Ahmedabad, India
......................  (Indian architect and designer, 1927-2023) [500034371]
employee was ....  Elzas, Abraham  
......................  (Dutch architect, born 1907 or 1908, died 1995) [500033821]
employee was ....  González de León, Teodoro  
......................  (Mexican architect, 1926-2016) [500103944]
employee was ....  Matter, Herbert  from 1929 to 1932
......................  (Swiss and American photographer and designer, 1907-1984) [500035065]
employee was ....  Nitzchke, Oscar  
......................  (American and German architect, 1900-1991) [500034334]
employee was ....  Roth, Alfred  
......................  (Swiss architect, 1903-1998) [500033773]
employee was ....  Sachi  from 1953 to 1954, at the Atelier Le Corbusier
......................  (draftsman, active in Paris 1953-1954) [500045487]
employee was ....  Walker, Robin  
......................  (Irish architect, 1924-1991) [500096948]
member of ....  CIAM  
................  (International architectural organization, 1928-1959) [500116220]
partner of ....  Jeanneret, Pierre  1921-1940
..................  (Swiss architect and furniture designer, 1896-1967) [500004442]
partner of ....  Perriand, Charlotte  from 1927 to 1937
..................  (French designer and architect, born 1903) [500015059]
patron was ....  Curutchet, Pedro D.  
..................  (Argentine patron, contemporary) [500212573]
patron was ....  Voison, Gabriel  
..................  (French architect, designer, and manufacturer, 1880-1973) [500282985]
related to ....  Baudouin, Pierre  
..................  (French tapestry designer, 1921-1971) [500000215]
student of ....  Behrens, Peter  
..................  (German architect, painter, and designer, 1868-1940) [500022843]
student of ....  Hoffmann, Josef  
..................  (Austrian architect, draftsman, and designer, 1870-1956) [500019177]
teacher of ....  Backström, Sven Mauritz  
..................  (Swedish architect, 1903-1992) [500095777]
teacher of ....  Frey, Albert  1928-1929
..................  (Swiss-American architect, 1903-1998) [500035061]
teacher of ....  Horst, Horst P.  
..................  (American photographer of German birth, 1906-1999) [500000790]
teacher of ....  Parent, Claude  
..................  (French architect and writer, 1923-2016) [500010931]
teacher of ....  Petrilli, Amedeo  
..................  (Italian architect and writer, 1945-2005) [500065784]
worked with ....  Frey, Albert  1929
....................  (Swiss-American architect, 1903-1998) [500035061]
worked with ....  Korab, Balthazar  
....................  (Hungarian photographer, 1926-2013) [500097436]
worked with ....  Mange, Ernest  1947-1948
....................  (Brazilian engineer and architect, born 1922) [500118128]
worked with ....  Xenakis, Iannis  1947-1960
....................  (French composer and architect of Romanian birth, 1922-2001) [500120376]

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Persons, Artists
 ........  Le Corbusier (I)

Biographies:
(Swiss architect, painter, and theorist, 1887-1965, active in France) ..... [VP Preferred]
(French architect, 1887-1965) ..... [AVERY]
(Swiss architect, 1887-1965) ..... [RKD]
(French architect, 1887-1965) ..... [IMJ]
(French artist, born Switzerland. 1887-1965) ..... [MoMA]
(artist, active 20th century) ..... [GRISC]
(artist, 1887-1965) ..... [GRL]
(Swiss architect, 1887-1965) ..... [Grove Art]
(French architect) ..... [AVERY]
(French architect) ..... [AVERY]
(French architect) ..... [AVERY]
(French architect) ..... [AVERY]
(French architect) ..... [AVERY]
(French artist, 1887-1965) ..... [WCI]
( architect, 1887-1965) ..... [CL-Courtauld]
( sculptor, 1887-1965) ..... [CL-Courtauld]
(Swiss artist, 1888-1965) ..... [WL-Courtauld]
(French architect, painter, 1887-1965) ..... [BHA]
(French architect and painter, 1887-1965) ..... [GRLPA]
(6.X.1887-27.VIII.1965; Architect, Author, City planner, Painter, Sculptor, France, Suisse) ..... [FDA]
(Architect, draughtsman, writer, theorist, 1887-1965) ..... [CENSUS]
(French and Swiss architect, city planner, artist and painter born La Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland), 1887; died Roquebrune-Cap-Martin (France), 1965; active France, from 1917) ..... [CCA]
(French architect and author, 1887-1965) ..... [AVERY]
(Swiss artist, 1888-1965) ..... [WCP]

Additional Names:
Kebiyi (U)
Korubyujie (U)
Le Korbi︠u︡zʹe (U)
Lu Kūrbūziyah (U)
Ru Korubyujie (U)
Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) (U)
לה קורבוזייה (U,Hebrew-P,NA,U)

Sources and Contributors:
לה קורבוזייה ........ [IMJ]
........................  Israel Museum Jerusalem database
Charles Edouard Jeanneret ........ [BHA, GRLPA]
...................................................  RILA/BHA (1975-2000)
Corb ........ [CCA]
...........  Canadian Centre for Architecture database
Corbu ........ [CCA, GRLPA]
.............  Getty Research Library Photo Archive database
Corbusier ........ [AVERY, CCA, GRL]
.....................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
.....................  Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (1963-)
.....................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 79021788
Corbusier, Edouard le ........ [GRL]
..........................................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 79021788
Corbusier, Le ........ [CCA, CL-Courtauld Preferred, FDA, RKD, WCI]
............................  Bénézit, Dictionnaire des Peintres (1976)
............................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 48519
............................  Witt Library, Authority files
Gris, Charles Edouard Jeanneret- ........ [CCA, GRL, VP]
................................................................  Canadian Centre for Architecture database
................................................................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 79021788
Gris, Charles Édouard Jeanneret- ........ [AVERY]
...............................................................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
Jeanneret, Charles Édouard ........ [AVERY, CL-Courtauld, VP]
....................................................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
....................................................  Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (1963-)
Jeanneret, Charles Edouard ........ [CCA, GRL, GRLPA, RKD, WCI Preferred, WCP Preferred, WL-Courtauld Preferred]
.....................................................  Canadian Centre for Architecture database
.....................................................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 79021788
.....................................................  RILA/BHA (1975-2000) [alternate]
.....................................................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 48519
.....................................................  Witt Library, Authority files
Jeanneret, Charles-Edouard ........ [CCA, FDA, Grove Art]
.......................................................  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Object File.
.......................................................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
Jeanneret-Gris, Charles Édouard ........ [AVERY, CCA]
...............................................................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
...............................................................  Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (1963-)
Jeanneret-Gris, Charles Edouard ........ [CCA, GRL]
................................................................  Canadian Centre for Architecture database
................................................................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 79021788
Jeanneret-Gris, Charles-Edouard ........ [CCA, CENSUS, FDA, GRLPA, RKD, VP]
..................................................................  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Object File.
..................................................................  Le Corbusier, Sketchbooks (1981)
..................................................................  Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects (1982)
..................................................................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 48519
Jeanneret, Le Corbusier ........ [WL-Courtauld]
...............................................  Witt Library, Authority files
Jenneret, Charles Edouard ........ [CL-Courtauld, VP]
...................................................  Witt Library, Authority files
Kebiyi ........ [GRL]
...............  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 79021788
Korubyujie ........ [GRL]
.......................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 79021788
Le Corbusier ........ [AVERY Preferred, BHA Preferred, CCA Preferred, CENSUS Preferred, CL-Courtauld, FDA Preferred, GRISC Preferred, GRL Preferred, GRLPA, Grove Art Preferred, IMJ Preferred, NGA-US, RKD Preferred, VP Preferred, WL-Courtauld]
..........................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
..........................  Bénézit, Dictionnaire des Peintres (1976)
..........................  CCA Authority File (1980-)
..........................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
..........................  Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)
..........................  Israel Museum Jerusalem database
..........................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 79021788
..........................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) NAFL79021788
..........................  Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects (1982)
..........................  National Gallery of Art database, Washington (1987-)
..........................  RILA/BHA (1975-2000)
..........................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 48519
..........................  Witt Library, Authority files
Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) ........ [MoMA Preferred]
................................................................................  Artists, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York (2000-)
Le Corbusier, Eduard ........ [CCA, GRL]
.........................................  Canadian Centre for Architecture database
.........................................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 79021788
Le Corbusier-Saugnier ........ [CCA, GRL]
.............................................  Canadian Centre for Architecture database
.............................................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 79021788
Le Korbi︠u︡zʹe ........ [GRL]
..............................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 79021788
Lu Kūrbūziyah ........ [GRL]
............................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 79021788
Ru Korubyujie ........ [GRL]
............................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 79021788

Subject: ........ [AVERY, BHA, CCA, CENSUS, CL-Courtauld, FDA, Gallery Systems, GRISC, GRL, GRLPA, Grove Art, IMJ, MoMA, RKD, VP, WCI, WCP, WL-Courtauld]
....................  Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (1963-)
....................  Avery Library Catalog (1968)
....................  Bénézit, Dictionnaire des Peintres (1976)
....................  Buchanan, Corb born 1887, Architectural Review (1987)
....................  Canadian Centre for Architecture database
....................  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Object File.
....................  CCA Authority File (1980-)
....................  Contemporary Architects (1987)
....................  Contemporary Architects [n.d.]
....................  Cornu, Corbu réhabilité, Techniques et architecture (1984-1985)
....................  Encyclopedia of World Art (1959-1987)
....................  Gallery Systems (2000-) LOC ID: n79021788
....................  Getty Research Library Photo Archive database
....................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
....................  Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 24 Oct 2002
....................  Hamilton, Painting and Sculpture in Europe, 1880-1940 (1981)
....................  Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)
....................  Hitchcock, Architecture: 19th and 20th Centuries (1971)
....................  Israel Museum Jerusalem database
....................  Le Corbusier, Sketchbooks (1981) v.3
....................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) LOC ID: n79021788
....................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) NAFL79021788
....................  Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects (1982)
....................  National Gallery of Art database, Washington (1987-)
....................  NY Times obit.
....................  RILA/BHA (1975-2000) [alternate]
....................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 48519
....................  Serényi, Le Corbusier in perspective (1975)
....................  Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Künstler (1980-1986)
....................  Union List of Artist Names (ULAN) (2002-)
....................  Vollmer, Künstler-Lexikon 20. Jahrhunderts (1953-62)
....................  Wikidata online (2000-) Q4724
....................  Witt Library, Authority files
 
Note:
English .......... [AVERY, CCA, VP, WL-Courtauld]
.......... Contemporary Architects (1987)
.......... Contemporary Architects [n.d.]
.......... Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 24 Oct 2002
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