/ Modified dec 16, 2011 11:35 p.m.

American Masters: Charles & Ray Eames

THE ARCHITECT AND THE PAINTER Discover the influence of designers Ray and Charles Eames on significant events and movements in American life. Monday at 10 p.m. on PBS-HD 6.

Learn more about the influence of designers Ray and Charles Eames on significant events and movements in American life — from the development of modernism to the rise of the computer age. James Franco narrates.

am_mast_eames_spot Ray and Charles Eames selecting slides for the exhibition, “Photography & the City, 1968".
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From 1941 to 1978, the husband-and-wife team of Ray and Charles Eames brought unique talents to their partnership. He was an architect by training; she was a painter and sculptor. Together, they are considered America’s most important and influential designers, whose work helped shape, literally, the second half of the 20th century and remains culturally vital and commercially popular today.

am_mast_eames_cycle-spot Charles and Ray Eames posing on a Velocette motorcycle,1948.
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The Eames are, perhaps, best remembered for their mid-century modern furniture, built from novel materials like molded plywood, fiberglass-reinforced plastic, bent metal wire and aluminum — offering consumers beautiful, functional, yet inexpensive products. Revered for their designs and fascinating as individuals, the Eames have risen to iconic status in American culture, but their influence on significant events and movements in American life — from the development of modernism to the rise of the computer age — has been less widely understood.

American Masters, Monday at 10 p.m. on PBS-HD 6.

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