LC control no. | no2008148890 |
---|---|
Personal name heading | Fischer, Leopold, 1901-1975 |
Found in | Die Villa Liebig, 2006: p. 14-22 (Leopold Fischer; architect; b. Apr. 28, 1901 in Bielitz bei Teschen (at the time in Austrian Silesia); educated in Vienna; built several buildings in Anhalt; forced to emigrate in 1936 and arrived in U.S.; d. Hollywood, CA Aug. 22, 1975) Bauhaus Dessau e.V. web page, via WWW, Oct. 9, 2008 (Leopold Fischer; one of 300 architects obliged to leave German-speaking territories btwn. 1933-1940; educated in Vienna as student of Adolf Loos; worked with landscape architect Leberecht Migge, 1920-1925; then in Gropius architectural firm in Dessau 1925-1933; in U.S. worked with Frank Lloyd Wright, and set up own architectural concern in Los Angeles in the 1950s, but received few commissions in the 1960s) |