The Don B. Huntley Gallery

"Francis Dean: The Art of Modern Landscape Architecture"

Exhibition Preview

Date: October 19, 2017
Location: Don B. Huntley Gallery
Exhibiting: October 21, 2017 - January 11, 2018. Francis Dean: The Art of Modern Landscape Architecture. The Huntley Gallery. Library, 4th floor - Room 4435.

Event Info

Date/Time:
     Exhibition Preview: Thursday, October 19, 2017 - 12-2pm
     Opening Reception: Thursday, November 16, 2017 - 6-7:30pm
     Exhibition: October 21, 2017 - January 11, 2018
Location: 
     Don B. Huntley Gallery

 

Francis Dean and the Art of Modern Landscape Architecture in tandem with Cal Poly Pomona Landscape Architecture’s 60th Anniversary

Check out the Gallery Exhibition Below.

"Francis Dean: The Art of Modern Landscape Architecture "

About the Exhibition

In commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of Cal Poly Pomona’s Landscape Architecture Department, we are honoring one of its most celebrated faculty members - Francis H. Dean, FASLA (1922-2003). Dean was a leading figure in postwar landscape architecture. Working in partnership with the firm Eckbo, Dean, Austin, and Williams (and its predecessor firms), he demonstrated an outstanding ability to plan and execute projects whose scale ranged from private residences to college and university campuses to regional parks that covered hundreds of square miles.  In 1976, Dean joined the Cal Poly Pomona’s Landscape Architecture faculty, and through his teaching and public service, he was a strong advocate for an approach to landscape architecture that drew upon an analytic and creative design process to meet the needs of people while maintaining the overall health and quality of the environment.  

The exhibition includes a constructed "environment" that reflects elements of Dean's landscape architectural contributions, designs, models, floorplans, perspectival views, photos, and video. 

Garrett Eckbo, Francis Dean, Edward Williams, and Robert Royston, early 1950s; from Wikimedia Commons photo obtained from Royston, Hanomoto, Alley and Abey, Landscape Architects
Garrett Eckbo, Francis Dean, Edward Williams, and Robert Royston, early 1950s; from Wikimedia Commons photo obtained from Royston, Hanomoto, Alley and Abey, Landscape Architects.