“SURVIVAL THROUGH DESIGN, to ameliorate by the fast-advancing insights of all sciences, the human setting in which to live, to work, to rest” — Richard J. Neutra (1892-1970)
Neutra was born in Leopoldstadt, the 2nd district of Vienna, Austria Hungary, on April 8,
His Jewish-Hungarian father Samuel Neutra owned a metal foundry. His mother, Elizabeth “Betty” Glaser Neutra was a member of the IKG Wien.
Richard had two brothers who also emigrated to the United States, and a sister Pepi Weixlgärtner who was an artist who emigrated to Sweden where her work can be seen at The Museum of Modern Art.
Learn more about Richard Neutra’s life here.
Richard Neutra
