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	Adolf Loos Adolf Loos , 1870-1933, Austrian architect. His rationalist design theories were strongly influenced by his stay in the United States from 1893 to 1896, where he admired American works of engineering. In residential designs such as the Steiner House in Vienna (1910), he emphasized smooth,... Read more
	Gustave Charpentier Gustave Charpentier , 1860-1956, French composer; pupil of Massenet. His best-known works are the opera Louise (1900), portraying bohemian Parisian life, and his orchestral suite Impressions d'Italie (1892).... Read more
	Carlos Raul Villanueva Carlos Raúl Villanueva Venezuelan Carlos Raúl Villaneuva (1900–1975) was the most influential Latin American architect and community designer of the twentieth century. He worked in Venezuela for over four decades, and his concepts, designs, and plans combined European modernism... Read more
	Gustav Klimt Gustav Klimt , 1862-1918, Austrian painter. He cofounded the Vienna Secession group, an alliance against 19th-century eclecticism in art, and in 1897 became its first president. In the following decade Klimt became the foremost painter of art nouveau in Vienna. He created many murals for public... Read more
	Kurt Seligmann Seligmann, Kurt (1900–1962). Swiss-born painter, graphic artist, designer, and writer who became an American citizen. He was born in Basle and studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Geneva and the Academy in Florence. From 1929 to 1938 he lived in Paris, where he became involved with the... Read more
	Gilberto Freyre Gilberto Freyre Gilberto Freyre (1900-1987) was a Brazilian sociologist and writer who proposed a new interpretation of Brazil and its past based upon a modern anthropological understanding of race. Gilberto de Mello Freyre was born into a distinguished Catholic family on March 15, 1900, in... Read more
	Baron James Ensor Ensor James Ensor Ensor, Baron , 1860-1949, Belgian painter and etcher. Ensor's imagery reflected one of the most bizarre and powerful visions of his era. He left his native Ostend to study painting (1877-80) at the Académie de Bruxelles. In Brussels he became one of the original members of "Les... Read more
	Wiener Werkstatte Wiener Werkstätte. Literally ‘Vienna Workshop’, founded in 1903 to emulate English Arts-and-Crafts workshops, such as the Guild of Handicrafts of C. R. Ashbee. It grew partly from the Sezession exhibition of 1900 that included designs by Mackintosh and Ashbee. By 1905 the... Read more
	Joseph Maria Urban Joseph Maria Urban , 1872-1933, American architect and scene designer, b. Vienna. He won distinction with his architectural work, including the bridge across the Neva at St. Petersburg, and with his decorative work at the Paris exposition, 1900. At the St. Louis exposition, 1904, he decorated the... Read more
	Yves Tanguy Yves Tanguy , 1900-1955, French surrealist painter. At first a merchant seaman, he saw a picture by Chirico in 1923 and instantly decided to take up painting. He created vast imaginary dream landscapes, in which float strange, often amorphous, objects and personages—all meticulously painted.... Read more