Richard Filipowski: Art and Design Beyond the Bauhaus

This loving tribute to the one of the finest artists of American modernism, Richard Filipowski (1923–2008), presents a collection of ten essays by notable design scholars interspersed with remembrances by friends and former students. Born to Polish emigrants from Canada, he came to Chicago in 1942 to study at the Institute of Design and quickly became the protégé of its founder, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. Over Filipowski's extensive career, which he referred to as his "hobby," he worked with Mology-Nagy, Walter Gropius, and Marcel Breuer, and revolutionized the teaching of design fundamentals at both Harvard and MIT. Filipowski's works have long been held in notable private and public collections, including his Chapel Ark and Eternal Flame, created for Temple B'rish Kodesh in Rochester, NY. Beautifully illustrated with images of "Filip's" paintings, sculpture, furniture, jewelry, drawings, and other objects, this new work does much in the way of recognizing and highlighting the importance of the artist's achievements and helping a new generation learn of his contributions.