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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969)

Mies van der Rohe designed this free-swinging chair for the Werkbund exhibition in Stuttgart in 1927. It was also called "Weißenhof Chair".
© Quittenbaum München, Modernes Design - Kunsthandwerk nach 1945, 9th June 01'
Mies van der Rohe's most famous lounge chair, designed in 1929 for the world exhibition in Barcelona and available today as a re-issue

Mies van der Rohe's most famous lounge chair, designed in 1929 for the world exhibition in Barcelona and available today as a re-issue.
© Christies London, The Chair, 29th October 97'

From 1908 to1912 he worked as an employee of the industrial architect Behrens; his first designs for skyscrapers made of steel and glass date from this era. His steel frame and glass wall buildings (Seagram Building, New York, 1950s; Berlin National Gallery, 1960s) are among the major works of modern architecture.

Between 1930 and 1933 he was director of the Bauhaus in Weimar. His furniture designs - without any "trivial decoration" were a by-product of building contracts. The work carried out for the Weißenhofsiedlung (1927) project in Stuttgart, which he directed, made a lasting impression, as did the German Pavilion for the world exhibition in Barcelona which was designed and furnished by him.

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