Thomas R. Burleigh Collection

Ludwig Mies van der RoheWW-1940-017855

1940·Graphite drawings, watercolors, black and white photographic prints, black and white contact sheets, black and white negatives, holograph papers and a CD-ROM.·3 boxes and 1 oversize portfolio: W.: 30.5 cm (12 in.)

As a student of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe at Armour Institute during the first three years of Mies’s tenure, Burleigh (b. 1919) executed the comprehensive set of design exercises assigned by Mies to all students: brick pattern studies, glass wall studies, and studies for brick, wood, and half-timber houses. In addition to drawings documenting Mies’s teaching methods, the collection includes other student memorabilia such as candid photographs and yearbooks. <a href="http://digital-libraries.artic.edu/cdm/search/collection/findingaids/searchterm/Burleigh,%20Thomas%20R.,%20Collection/field/title/mode/all/conn/and/cosuppress/1">View finding aid.</a> <a href="http://digital-libraries.artic.edu/cdm/search/collection/mqc/searchterm/Burleigh,%20Thomas%20R.,%20Collection/field/subcol/mode/all/conn/and/cosuppress/1">View selected images from this collection.</a> Collection access: Collections may be accessed in the Franke Reading Room of the Research Center at The Art Institute of Chicago, by appointment only. For further information, consult <a href="https://www.artic.edu/archival-collections/contact-usage-and-faq">the FAQ</a>. <a href="https://www.artic.edu/archival-collections/finding-aids">Finding aids by subject</a> <a href="http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/findingaids">Browse all finding aids</a> <a href="http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/mqc">Browse images and media</a> <a href="https://www.artic.edu/archival-collections/oral-histories">Oral histories</a> Contact the Ryerson and Burnham Art and Architecture Archives: archives@artic.edu

Catalogue

Year: 1940
Medium: Graphite drawings, watercolors, black and white photographic prints, black and white contact sheets, black and white negatives, holograph papers and a CD-ROM.
Dimensions: 3 boxes and 1 oversize portfolio: W.: 30.5 cm (12 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Artist

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Drawing

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was a German-American architect and furniture designer whose stripped-down aesthetic defined modernism in the twentieth century. He pioneered the steel-frame glass building and the open-plan interior, reducing architectural form to its essential structural elements. His Barcelona Chair and Brno Chair became canonical pieces of twentieth-century design, their tubular steel frames and leather surfaces exemplifying his dictum 'less is more.' After emigrating to the United States in 1938, he directed the Illinois Institute of Technology and designed the Farnsworth House and the Seagram Building in New York. His influence on post-war architecture and industrial design remains foundational.

Aachen, Germany

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