Personal

Born Brooklyn New York 1916
Married two children

Education

1941–1942

Institute of Design, Chicago

1947–1951

Academie Julian, Paris (Diploma)

Positions Held (Teaching, etc.)

1960–1986

Professor of Design, Department of Architecture and City and Regional Planning, College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley

1958–1960

Associate Professor of Design, College of Architecture and Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley

1953–1958

Lecturer in Design, College of Architecture and Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkley

1951–1953

Assistant Professor of Design, Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago

1946–1947

Instructor in Design, College of Architecture and Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

1942–1946

Military Service, U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, Captain

1939–1941

Designer, C. Coggeshall Designs, New York City, NY

1934–1939

Designer, Rite Furniture Factories, Inc.  Brooklyn, NY

One–Man Exhibitions
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1951

Galerie Cahiers D’Art, Paris (paintings)

1954

University of California, Berkeley (Paintings)

1958

Betty Parsons  Gallery, New York (drawings)

1959

Betty Parsons  Gallery, New York (paintings)

1959

Galerie Cahiers D’Art, Paris (drawings)

1960

Betty Parsons  Gallery, New York (drawings)

1962

Wittenborn and Co., New York (etchings)

1962

Molton Gallery, London (paintings)

1963

The New Gallery, Bennington College (paintings)

1963

Betty Parsons  Gallery, New York (paintings)

1964

American Cultural Center, Florence (drawings)

1965

Betty Parsons  Gallery, New York (paintings)

1966

University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque  (paintings)

1967

Betty Parsons  Gallery, New York (paintings)

1967

Galerie Cahiers D’Art, Paris (paintings)

1967

University Art Museum, University of Southern California, Los Angeles  (drawings)

1968

Axiom Gallery, London  (paintings)

1968

Yoseido Gallery, Tokyo (lithographs)

1968

Betty Parsons  Gallery, New York (paintings)

1969

Galeria Van Der Voort, San Francisco (lithographs)

1970

Betty Parsons  Gallery, New York (paintings)

1971

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles  (paintings, silk-screens and film)

Group Exhibitions(by invitation – partial list)
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1959

Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn NY

1962
1965
1969

Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

1965

Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY

1965
1968

Museum of Art, University of Michigan Ann Arbor

1965

Far Gallery, New York, NY

1965

The Byron Gallery, New York, NY

1966

Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio

1966

Baltimore Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland

1966

Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

1967

Cranbrook Academy, Cranbrook, Michigan

1967

Finch College, New York, New York

1967

University Art Museum, University of Texas, Austin, Texas

1967

University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, California

1968

Art Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

1969

University Art Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

1969

San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, California

1969

Museo de Belles Artes, Caracas, Venezuela

1970

Le Grand Palais, Paris, France

1970

National Museum of Art, Santiago, Chile

1971

Maeght Foundation, St. Paul de Vence, France

1971

Museum of Modern Art, Paris, France

1980

Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France

Museum Collections
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Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth, Texas

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France

Grunwald Graphic Arts Foundation, University of California, Los Angeles, California

La Jolla Art Center, La Jolla, California

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California

Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York

Pasadena Museum, Pasadena, California

San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California

University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, California

University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England

Publications
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       Books:

Jesse Reichek – Dessins, 48 plates, texts by Christian Zervos (French) and Saul Bellow (English),
Editions Cahiers D’Art, Paris, 1960

La Montee de la Nuit, 4 etchings as illustrations for a poem by Rene Char,
deluxe limited edition (60), P. A. Benoit, Alex, 1961

Fontis, a portfolio of 14 etchings with a poem by Rene Char,
deluxe limited edition (25), P. A. Benoit, Ales, 1961

Etcetera, a book of drawings, paperback original, New Directions, New York, 1965

The Architect and the City, edited by M. Whiffen, M.I.T. Press, 1966,
contributed article, “Education for Designing”

e.g., a book of drawings, paperback original, Smith Anderson Gallery, San Francisco, 1977

Hommage a Kandinsky, 24 lithographs, deluxe limited edition,
Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles, 1966

Hommage a Klee, 24 lithographs, deluxe limited edition,
Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles, 1966

Hommage a Mondrian, 24 lithographs, deluxe limited edition,
Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles, 1966

e.g., a . . . . . , 6 lithographs, deluxe limited edition,
Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles, 1966

e.g., b . . . . ., 6 lithographs, deluxe limited edition,
Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles, 1966

Le Bulletin des Baux, 6 gouaches, an illustrated manuscript, poem by Rene Char, 1971

L’Arte Moderna, Vol. 37, text by D. Ashton, Fabbri Editori, Milano, 1967

       Periodicals: (partial list)

Arts and Architecture, March 1951, reproduction of paintings, text by J. Reichek

Arts and Architecture, June 1962, reproduction of drawings, text by C. Zervos

Cahiers d’Art, 1951, reproduction of paintings, text by C. Zervos

Domus, June 1957, reproduction of paintings, text by E. Ritter.

Journal of the American Institute of Planners, August 1961,
guest editor, special issue, “Steinberg on the City”.

Journal of the American Institute of Planners, May 1961, “On the Design of Cities”.

Architektura-Urbanizam, Bros 7, 1961, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, “On the Design of Cities”,
 reprinted from Journal of A.I.P.I

Transactions, Vol. 5, 1966–67, Bartlett School of Architecture, University College, London, contributed article: “Additional Remarks on the Design of Cities”

Art in America, Sept.–Oct. 1968 (illus. interview discussing my painting, conducted by Peter Selz)

The Geijutsu Seikatsu, March 1968 (the same article described above translated into Japanese)

Daedalus, Summer 1969, contributed article: “A Painter and Teacher as Amateur Humanist”

Art International, 1967, text by R. C. Kenedy.

Art Forum, 1967, text by Jane Livingston

The Observer, 1968, text by Nigel Gosling

Studio International, 1968, text by D. Ashton

Special Projects
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       Exhibition Design:

“The San Francisco Environment”, commissioned by the San Francisco Museum of Art, June 1962.

       Films:

“Etcetera”, 7 minutes, black and white, in collaboration with Yona Friedman
(distributed by the Media Center, University of California Extension), May 1964

“Reichek–IBM”, 20 minutes, color, produced by IBM, 1971

Awards
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Graham Foundation Grant, co-participant for the purpose of
“The Development of a System for Architectural Practice and Education”, 1962

Research Professor, Creative Arts Institute, for travel, University of California, Summer 1963

Artist-in-Residence, Tamarind Lithography Workshop,
Los Angeles, California, July and August 1966

Film, “Etcetera”, shown at The Edinburgh International Film Festival, August 1966

Film, “Etcetera”, shown at Vancouver International Film Festival, October 1966

Research Professor, Creative Arts Institute, University of California, 1966–67

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Art and Technology Project:
Artist-in-Residence at IBM, Los Angeles Scientific Center, 1970–71

Artist/Architect-in-Residence, American Academy in Rome, 1971–72

Lectures and Conferences
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       Lectures:

American Cultural Center, Paris. Three-day seminar for 30 selected students
of the Ecole de Beaux Arts, February 1960.

American Cultural Center, Paris, public talk, March 1960.

American Cultural Center, Marseille, public talk, April 1960.

Societa Degli Ingegneri e Degli Architetti e Instituto Nazionale de Uranistica
(Sezione Piemontese), Turin, April 1960.

L’Insituto Nazionale di Architettura, Rome, April 1960.

Faculty of Architecture, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, May 1960.

Faculty of Architecture, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel,
visiting critic for one month, May 1960.

Israel Association of Engineers and Architects, Tel Aviv, Israel, June 1960.

The Greek Architectural Society, Athens, Greece, June 1960

Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, June 1960

Annual American Institute of Architects–Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Teachers Seminar, Cranbrook Academy, Cranbrook, Michigan, June 1962

Park and Recreation Administrators Institute, University of California Extension, November 1962

Producer’s Council, Seattle, Washington, March 1963

School for Advanced Study in Engineering, Ahmedabad, India, November 1963

The Gujarat Institute of Civil Engineers and Architects, Ahmedabad, India, November 1963

American Cultural Center, Florence, Italy, January 1964

American Cultural Center, Paris, France, March 1964

College of Fine Arts, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 1964

Department of Architecture and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 1965

University of California Extension Institute of “The Design of the Urban Environment”,
Berkeley, California, June 1964

Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, June 1967

Bartlett School of Architecture, University College, London, June 1967

Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, June 1967

       Conferences:

Conference on World Affairs, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, April 1961

Annual Urban Design Conference, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 1962

Symposium on Architectural Education, School of Architecture, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, December 1962

Conference on “The Future of the Humanities”, American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Cambridge, Massachusetts, December 1967

Consultant
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Department of Architecture, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, March 1963. Advise concerning content and method for first year architecture design courses.

National Design Institute (Ford Foundation Project), Ahmedabad, India, July–December 1963. Develop academic program and procedures, and administrative organization for the
post-graduate training of Indian designers.

College of Fine Arts, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 1964. Advise concerning content and method for first year architecture design courses.

San Francisco Redevelopment Agency.
Design consultant for Embarcadero Center Project, 1966.

Visiting Professor, Department of Architecture,
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1969.

Center for Environmental Structures, Berkeley, California,
Member, Board of Trustees, 1968–71.

Canada Council, Humanities & Social Sciences Division, Ottawa, Canada, 1972.

Ceres, Publication of United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization, Rome, Italy, 1972.