BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF H. SALOMONSON (1910 - 1994) Hein Salomonson was born in Amsterdam on September 10, 1910. He died on May 5, 1994. He studied, probably from 1926 to 1929, architecture at the MTS in The Hague. He left the course without a diploma. Engineering turned out not to be the right direction for him. He became interested in interior architecture. Through his mother he ended up in Vienna where he started at the Kunstgewerbeschule. There he studied for two years in Josef Hoffmann's "Fachklasse für Architektur," and there he engaged in both interior architecture and "ordinary architecture." From September 1931 to February 1932 he worked with Egon Riess in Vienna. After this he left Vienna to fulfill his military service in the Netherlands. From May 1933 to August 1933 he was an apprentice at Le Corbusier's office in Paris, completing his training period. He later cited the MTS, Hoffmann and Le Corbusier as most formative in his training period. After his training period, he settled permanently in Amsterdam. In 1934 he started his own practice. According to his catalog of works, his oeuvre over the period 1935-1975 included over two hundred projects. His design practice was very varied; from furniture, interiors, exhibitions to offices, from villas to social housing. In 1936 he became a member of Amsterdam's new-business nucleus: 'the 8' and after the war he devoted himself for a long time to the Goed Wonen foundation. Salomonson was of Jewish descent. During the war he taught briefly at the Jewish School of Arts and Crafts in Amsterdam. In September 1942 he went into hiding, the first week in Huizen, then at numerous addresses in Amsterdam. He stayed for several months with the actress Joeki Broedelet in Amsterdam . During his period in hiding he was helped by Mart Stam and Willem Sandberg. After liberation, his first assignment was to create a traveling exhibition for the National Institute for War Documentation. Reconstruction meant an increase in scale for many of his colleagues: agencies became larger. Salomonson also received more commissions, but the character of the commissions remained smaller in his case than in that of many of his colleagues. Salomonson held many positions. In 1947 he became a member of the Federated Arts Federation (GKf) where he served as chairman of the board from 1952 to 1963. In the same period, from 1948 to 1956, he was editor and later editor-in-chief of the magazine Goed Wonen. He was also active with the Union of Dutch Architects. From 1962 to 1969, he was a member of the editorial board of the Bouwkundig Weekblad. In 1974 Salomonson associated with Theo Tempelman and Rik Egberts to form the Architects Association Hein Salomonson, Theo Tempelman and Rik Egberts. From 1987 Salomonson was associated with the association as a consultant. In 1990 Ruud Bartijn took over Theo Tempelman's place in the association. In 1980 an exhibition by Salomonson on his oeuvre was mounted at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. In 1987, the Stichting Wonen organized an exhibition of his work. The Professional Association of Dutch Interior Architects (BNI) appointed Salomonson an honorary member in 1985. In 1992 he received the oeuvre prize from the Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst to crown his work. Education: MTS, The Hague/1926-1929;Kunstgewerbeschule "Fachklasse fuer Architektur" of Josef Hoffmann, Vienna/;architect's office of Le Corbusier, Paris/1933 Side activities: A et A/member/1934-1940;A et A/member/1950-1990; "The 8"/member/1936;Jewish School of Arts and Crafts, Amsterdam/ lecturer/;Gebonden Kunstenfederatie (gKf)/member/1947;competition Room furnishing of the Stichting Goed Wonen/jurylid/1950;Gebonden Kunstenfederatie (gKf)/chairman/1952-1963;tijschrift Goed Wonen/editorial board member/1948-1956;Bouwkundig Weekblad/editorial board member/1962-1969;competition for switchman's house/jurylid/ Honors: Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau/;honorary membership Professional Association of Interior Architects (BNI)/1985;oeuvre award from the Fonds voor Beeldende kunsten, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst/1992