Sad - Philip Johnson has died at his home in CT. Age 98.

Rabrrrrrr

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Jan-27-05 08:48 AM
Original message

Sad - Philip Johnson has died at his home in CT. Age 98.

Edited on Thu Jan-27-05 09:01 AM by Rabrrrrrr

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/26/obit.johnson.ap/index.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/27/arts/design/27johnson.html?oref=login

Real nice multimedia link on the NY Times page. A 5 page obituary!

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

ScreamingMeemie

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Jan-27-05 08:52 AM
Response to Original message

1. Ahhhh. The fabulous glass house. They had a bit on him last night

on ABC news. Sad to see. History fading before our eyes. :(

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

peekaloo

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Jan-27-05 09:00 AM
Response to Original message

2. CBS News did a nice little story on him last night.

:-(

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Bridget Burke

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Jan-27-05 09:07 AM
Response to Original message

3. Johnson's death made the front page of the Houston Chronicle

www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/3011182

Houston art & civil rights patrons (the late) John & Dominique De Menil hired him to build their house. Their influence led to many other projects in Houston--buildings that have meant a lot here.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

terrya

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Jan-27-05 09:14 AM
Response to Original message

4. Tremendously influential architect. Some less than admirable stuff...

Edited on Thu Jan-27-05 09:17 AM by terrya

in his early personal life...expressing a public admiration of Hitler and Nazism in his youth, as well as being anti-semitic. But he later attempted to atone for those.

T

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Bridget Burke

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Jan-27-05 09:20 AM
Response to Reply #4

5. He & Senator Byrd both had bad patches in their youth.

But they both lived long enough & did enough good work to make up for it.

Apparently, someone once asked Mr Johnson why he'd become so famous, when other fine architects remained unknown to the general public. He answered "It helps to be a gay Nazi."

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

DU AdBot (1000+ posts)

Mon May 13th 2024, 02:22 AM
Response to Original message

Advertisements [?]

Top

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.