Jewel Stern is an artist, independent curator, and art historian specializing in modern American design and architecture. Christopher Long is the Martin S. Kermacy Centennial Professor in Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin.

“The Vanguard tells a gripping tale of the history and legacy of largely forgotten Central European modernist designers who created a seismic shift in American taste.”—John Stuart Gordon, Yale University Art Gallery“The Vanguard is a major accomplishment of impressive scholarship that reframes the history of American modern design.”—Michelle Jackson-Beckett, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Jewel Stern is an artist, independent curator, and art historian specializing in modern American design and architecture. Christopher Long is the Martin S. Kermacy Centennial Professor in Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin.

“The Vanguard tells a gripping tale of the history and legacy of largely forgotten Central European modernist designers who created a seismic shift in American taste.”—John Stuart Gordon, Yale University Art Gallery“The Vanguard is a major accomplishment of impressive scholarship that reframes the history of American modern design.”—Michelle Jackson-Beckett, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Jewel Stern is an artist, independent curator, and art historian specializing in modern American design and architecture. Christopher Long is the Martin S. Kermacy Centennial Professor in Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin.

“The Vanguard tells a gripping tale of the history and legacy of largely forgotten Central European modernist designers who created a seismic shift in American taste.”—John Stuart Gordon, Yale University Art Gallery“The Vanguard is a major accomplishment of impressive scholarship that reframes the history of American modern design.”—Michelle Jackson-Beckett, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum