About the Artist

Julius Shulman

Born in Brooklyn on October 10, 1910, Julius Shulman grew up on a Connecticut farm and moved to Los Angeles with his family at the age of ten. Photography went from a hobby to a professional occupation for Shulman in 1936, when he was exposed to modern architecture for the first time on a visit to Richard Neutra's Kun House in the Hollywood Hills. Neutra was so impressed with the six photos of the home that Shulman sent him as a gift that he immediately hired him to photograph additional projects, thereby launching an unanticipated, prolific career. Shulman's images promoted the work of numerous visionary architects including Neutra, Rudolph Schindler, John Lautner, and Pierre Koenig. Decades after the initial prints were created, Shulman's scenes continue to herald the beauty and functionality of modern architecture and the glamour of the California dream.