| 词条 | Faber Birren |
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| name = Faber Birren | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1900|9|11|}} | birth_place = Chicago, Illinois | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1988|12|30|1900|9|11|}} | death_place = Stamford, Connecticut | othername = | occupation = Color theorist }}Faber Birren (11 September 1900 – 30 December 1988) was an American author and consultant on color and color theory.[1][2] LifeFaber Birren was born in Chicago, Illinois on 11 September 1900, the son of Joseph P. Birren, a landscape painter, and Crescentia (Lang) Birren, a pianist. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago while in high school and the University of Chicago for two years where he studied color theory.[2] He began publishing articles on color in 1924; his first book, Color in Vision was published in 1928.[3] In 1934 he established his own company and worked as an industrial color consultant, advising clients on the psychological effects of color on safety, employee morale, productivity and sales.[3] His recommendations included changing wall and interior colors to reduce visual fatigue, and using bright colors on machinery to reduce accidents.[3] DuPont, Monsanto, and General Electric were among his clients as well as the military.[1] He also wrote extensively on color, writing forty books and over 250 articles on the subject.[2] Birren died in Stamford, Connecticut on 30 December 1988 after a stroke.[1] PersonalBirren married Wanda Martin and they had two daughters, Zoe and Fay.[1] Bibliography{{dynamic list}}
LegacyIn 1971 Birren donated nearly two hundred books about color, many of them rare, to the Yale University Library. He also established an endowment for color research.[2] References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite news |first=Wolfgang |last=Saxon | date=31 December 1988|title=Faber Birren, 88, Expert on Color |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/31/obituaries/faber-birren-88-expert-on-color.html |publisher=New York Times |accessdate=15 February 2015}} 2. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |title=Guide to the Faber Birren Papers |url= http://drs.library.yale.edu/HLTransformer/HLTransServlet?stylename=yul.ead2002.xhtml.xsl&pid=arts:art.0013&clear-stylesheet-cache=yes |website=Yale University Library |accessdate=15 February 2015}} 3. ^1 2 {{cite web |first=Robert C. |last=Kaufmann |date=July 1974|title=A Biographical Note on Faber Birren |jstor=40858539 |pages=73–75 |publisher=Yale University Library Gazette }} External links
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