Modernism at Evergreen: Baltimore's Billy Baldwin
Takes place on October 24, 2010
MAY 20 - OCTOBER 24, 2010
The second installment in Evergreen Museum & Library’s annual student-curated Modernism at Evergreen exhibition series spotlights the career of William “Billy” Baldwin (1903–1983), probably the most ingenious of 20th-century interior designers. Dubbed the “Dean” of American decorators by friend Albert Hadley, Baldwin counted among his international clientele fashion doyenne Diana Vreeland; CBS Chairman Bill Paley and his trendsetting wife Babe; and publisher and contemporary art collector Si Newhouse. Throughout a career spanning five decades, Baldwin introduced a more relaxed and practical interior design sensibility whose guiding principles could be followed by anyone, and which still are today. Focusing on the designer’s life-long pride in his “Monument City” origins, the exhibition features furniture, textiles, fine art, and photographs that illustrate his professional evolution.
Baltimore, MD 21210
