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About Peter Behrens

German · 1868–1940 · Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts, Modernism

inventing corporate identity for AEG while training Gropius, Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier in the same office

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Peter Behrens's works are held in 4 museums worldwide, including Museum of Modern Art, Collection of the Cabinet of Drawings and Prints, and Hessen Kassel Heritage.

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🇩🇪 Germany

1 museum

🇵🇱 Poland

1 museum

🇪🇸 Spain

1 museum

🇺🇸 United States

1 museum

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Who is Peter Behrens?
    Peter Behrens was an architect and designer who employed Walter Gropius, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Le Corbusier in his office before 1912. He was a founding member of the Deutscher Werkbund and, in 1907, became artistic consultant for AEG.
  • Peter Behrens was noted as?
    Peter Behrens is noted as a founding member of the Deutscher Werkbund in 1907; this organisation sought to unite art and industry. In 1922, he became head of the architecture school at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.
  • Who was Peter Behrens?
    Peter Behrens was an architect and designer born in Hamburg in 1868. He is known for his work with AEG and for employing some of the most important architects of the twentieth century in his office.
  • Peter Behrens famous works?
    One of Peter Behrens's famous works is the AEG Turbine Hall in Berlin, constructed in 1909. He also designed "New Ways" in Northampton (1926), considered the first modernist house in Britain, and won a competition for a synagogue in Zilina, Slovakia, in 1928.
  • What was Peter Behrens known for?
    Peter Behrens is known for inventing corporate identity. He designed everything for AEG, a German electrical company, including the logo, typefaces, catalogue, stationery, electric fans, kettles, street lamps and factory buildings.

Sources

Where to See guide aggregates verified holdings of Peter Behrens's works across the following collections.

  1. [1] museum Art Institute of Chicago Used for: museum holdings.
  2. [2] book Charlotte Ashby, Art nouveau _ art, architecture and design in transformation Used for: biography, stylistic analysis.
  3. [3] book Charlotte Ashby, Art nouveau _ art, architecture and design in transformation_1 Used for: biography, stylistic analysis.
  4. [4] book Charlotte Ashby, Art nouveau _ art, architecture and design in transformation_2 Used for: biography, stylistic analysis.
  5. [5] book guggenheim-kandinskyinmunic00kand Used for: biography.

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