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1895 Milton, Massachusetts - 1983 Los Angeles, California. Known for: Geodome and other invention drawings, writing.
Living a 20th-century life "dedicated to shaking up the planet", Buckminster Fuller had a creative mind, with many ideas so far-reaching that they are "only now hitting the mainstream, some 25 years... Read full biography
Living a 20th-century life "dedicated to shaking up the planet", Buckminster Fuller had a creative mind, with many ideas so far-reaching that they are "only now hitting the mainstream, some 25 years after his death." Included among those credits is his anticipation of the Internet, environmental... Read full biography
Living a 20th-century life "dedicated to shaking up the planet", Buckminster Fuller had a creative mind, with many ideas so far-reaching that they are "only now hitting the mainstream, some 25 years after his death." Included among those credits is his anticipation of the Internet, environmental problems and cyber culture. And his concepts, expressed through his writings, lectures and drawingts, had an influence on modernist, abstract art. Fuller's name is especially associated with the geodome... Read full biography
Living a 20th-century life "dedicated to shaking up the planet", Buckminster Fuller had a creative mind, with many ideas so far-reaching that they are "only now hitting the mainstream, some 25 years after his death." Included among those credits is his anticipation of the Internet, environmental problems and cyber culture. And his concepts, expressed through his writings, lectures and drawingts, had an influence on modernist, abstract art. Fuller's name is especially associated with the geodome as he was the first person to design a domed shaped structures. In fact, the dome, Spaceship Earth, at Epcot Center at Disney World, is based on Fuller's design. He was also hired to design the dome-shaped U.S. pavilion for the 1967 Montreal Expo,... Read full biography
Living a 20th-century life "dedicated to shaking up the planet", Buckminster Fuller had a creative mind, with many ideas so far-reaching that they are "only now hitting the mainstream, some 25 years after his death." Included among those credits is his anticipation of the Internet, environmental problems and cyber culture. And his concepts, expressed through his writings, lectures and drawingts, had an influence on modernist, abstract art. Fuller's name is especially associated with the geodome as he was the first person to design a domed shaped structures. In fact, the dome, Spaceship Earth, at Epcot Center at Disney World, is based on Fuller's design. He was also hired to design the dome-shaped U.S. pavilion for the 1967 Montreal Expo, which remains a museum. It has a diameter of 228 feet, a height of 183 feet, and a double layer of skin.... Read full biography
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Keywords (21)
Art Method
- •Art Design
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Environment
- •Social Commentary, Cultural Issues, Political, Racial Views
Art Association
- •Boston Art Club
- •Salons of America
- •Society of Independent Artists-
Added Description
- •Unique Life Story/ First in Something
- •Walt Disney Studio Artist, Productions/Commissioned
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Expo '67, Montreal (Centennial Exhibition)
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Boston Art Club-
- •Salons of America-
- •Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art