Joseph Rykwert, an architectural historian, who challenged Modernism’s embrace of functional architecture with his own theory that architecture should reflect a community’s shared values, died on Oct.7 at his home in London. He was 98. Born in Warsaw in 1926, his family had become convinced that a German invasion of Poland was imminent. They fled through the Baltics to Sweden and then to London, where Joseph began his architectural training at University College London, later [...]

Steven J. Rosen, a staunch supporter of Israel who strengthened the clout of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), but whose career was derailed when he was charged with leaking government secrets, a case that was later dropped, died on Oct. 28 near his home in Silver Spring, MD. He was 82. Mr. Rosen was a prominent behind-the-scenes figure in Washington as the director of foreign policy issues for AIPAC from the 1980s to [...]

Frank Auerbach, one of Britain’s pre-eminent postwar painters who, for more than 60 years, painted his friends and the streets and parks near his London studio, died on Nov. 11 at home in London. He was 93. He painted seven days and five evenings every week, with live models and from drawings made during his walks in his neighborhood. He never wavered from his routine. “I sometimes think of doing other things, but actually it’s [...]

Lawrence Robbins, an influential trial and appellate lawyer who argued 20 cases before the Supreme Court, prepared high-profile witnesses for their congressional testimonies, and made his debut as a novelist only weeks before his passing, died on Nov. 2 in Manhattan. He was 72. His clients included, among others, Marie Yovanovitch, dismissed as the ambassador to Ukraine on Mr. Trump’s orders; and Christine Blasey Ford who testified that Brett Kavanaugh, who had been nominated to [...]