Charles "Chuck" Forberg
Photograph included with student application. Courtesy of Western Regional Archives
Saturday night dinner (left to right): Jagna Braunthal, Molly Gregory, Ati Gropius, unidentified student, Charles Forberg, Faith Murray, unidentified student, unidentified student. Courtesy of Western Regional Archives.
FOCUS
Architecture
ROLE
Student
ATTENDANCE
1940 - 1945
BIRTH
1919-08-23
Minneapolis, MN
DEATH
2013-02-04
New York, NY
Charles Forberg was a student at the college from 1940 to 1945. He was a Student Officer during his time at BMC. He attended the Harvard Architecture School and went on to become an architect. His obituary, as shared on Legacy.com, shares that he was a "renowned architect and designer, and photographer, craftsman, ultra-light pilot, tennis player, astronomer and philosopher."
Relationships
Wife: Fellow BMC student, Ati Gropius
Black Mountain College Project
Mary Emma Harris interviewed Charles in 2001 and the transcript is available from Appalachian State University under The Mary Emma Harris and Black Mountain College Project, Inc. Oral History collection.
Topics: Hearing about BMC - family background – hitchhiking to BMC – Lawrence Kocher –Studies Building construction – Lee Hall – conscientious objector in World War Two – Josef Albers classes – Josef Albers as person – 1944 summer conflict – 1944 summer art institute – BMC theme parties – Fritz Hansgirg physics experiments – Molly Gregory – mountain setting – painted Easter eggs – post-BMC study and influence of BMC – Bill Reed – post-BMC education and professional work – comparison of ID and BMC
Courses Taken
Fall 1940-1941: Contemporary Architecture with Kocher, Contemporary Architecture Drawing with Kocher, Readings in Literature with Kurtz, Music I with Evarts, Ecology in Relation to Man with Carpenter, International Relations with Babcock, Chorus with Jalowetz
Spring 1940-1941: Contemporary Architecture with Kocher, Contemporary Architecture Drawing with Kocher, Drawing I with Reed, Color I with Red, Readings in Literature with Kurtz, Music I with Evarts, Review Mathematics with Lindsley, Grammar Review Grammar with Mangold, Kurtz, and Wunsch.
Spring 1943-1944: Drawing with Albers, Painting with Albers, Design with Albers
Summer 1944: Drawing with Albers and Charlot, General Design with Albers
Fall 1944-1945: Matter and Energy with F. Hansgirg, Patterns of Psychology and Aesthetics with Zabriskie
Winter 1944-1945: Matter and Energy with Hansgirg, Introductory Mathematics with Dehn
Spring 1944-1945: Introductory Mathematics with Dehn, and Matter andEnergy with Hansgirg
