Background
Marx, Roberto Burle was born on August 4, 1909 in São Paulo, Brazil.
Marx, Roberto Burle was born on August 4, 1909 in São Paulo, Brazil.
Studied music, Rio de Janeiro studied painting, Berlin student, Escola Nacional de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro self-taught in landscape design honorary doctorate, Royal College Art, London, 1982; honorary doctorate, Royal Academy Art, The Hague, 1982.
Director parks, Recife, Brazil, 1935-1937; private practice landscape architecture, Rio de Janeiro, from 1937; worked also as a painter, designer jewellery, tapestries, stage scenery, sculptural reliefs, fabric panels.
Member American Academy Arts and Letters (honorary), National Society Interior Designers (United States) (honorary), Institute Landscape Architects London (honorary), B.C. Society Landscape Architecs (honorary), Andres Bello Order (Venezuela).