It is with great sadness that Docomomo International has learned that Professor José-Augusto França, the most important Portuguese modern art researcher on the contemporary era, passed away today, 18 September 2021, at the age of 98 years near Angers (France). Docomomo International wishes to convey the most sincere condolences at his passing to his family and friends. Born in Tomar (1922), José-Augusto França was a historian, sociologist and critic of art. He held a graduation in Historical and Philosophical Sciences (1944, Faculty of Letters, University of Lisbon), a PhD in History (1962, Paris-Sorbonne University, Une Ville des Lumères: la Lisbonne…

Docomomo International wishes to convey the most sincere condolences at the passing of the Spanish professor, researcher and architect Fernando Álvarez Prozoróvich, to his family and friends. On April 3, the architect Fernando Álvarez Prozoróvich died in Barcelona, ​​at the age of 67, as a victim of the coronavirus pandemic. He was born in Bahía Blanca, Argentina in 1952 and completed his undergraduate studies at the Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo – Universidad Nacional de la Plata, graduating in 1978. During the 1980s he settled in Barcelona where he pursued a brilliant career as a professor, researcher and specialist in…

Docomomo International wishes to convey the most sincere condolences at the passing of the professor and historian of Spanish art, Antonio Bonet Correa, to his family and friends. Antonio Bonet Correa (La Coruña 1925-Madrid 2020), was one of the most distinguished figures in the conformation of art history in Spain if not its inventor. He was a handsome man, distinguished-looking, a little French in taste and form; he had a shrewd sense of humor and a capacity for storytelling that captivated those willing to go beyond what was expected in the second race. Professor Bonet, Don Antonio – as the…

Docomomo International wishes to convey the most sincere condolences at the passing of the Spanish architect, Carlos Martí Aris, to his family and friends. “On the first of May, the architect, historian, critic, and editor Carlos Martí Aris passed away in Barcelona, the city where he was born in 1948. He was a leading intellectual compass within the profession in Spain, and a prominent member of the brilliant generation of Catalan theorists that also included Ignasi de Solà-Morales, Josep Quetglas, and Félix de Azúa. He earned his architecture degree in 1972, and his doctorate in 1988, from the Universidad Politécnica…

Docomomo International wishes to convey the most sincere condolences at the passing of our friend, Nic Tummers, to his family and friends. “Nic Tummers (Heerlen, the Netherlands) sculptor, architectural critic and politician, has been of great importance for the establishment of Docomomo in the early days of our existence. Both as a Senator for the Labor Party in the Dutch Parliament (1974-1995) and as the chairman of the Culture and Education Committee in the Council of Europe (1979-1994) he was very active in promoting our young organization. He was a devoted Modernist, an innovative idealist and successful organizer of groundbreaking…