Josef Albers Josef Albers (1888 - 1976), was a German artist and educator whose work, both in Europe and in the United States, formed the basis of some of the most influential and far-reaching art education programs of the 20th century. Born ...Read More
Marcel Breuer Architect and furniture designer Marcel Breuer (1902 Pécs, Hungary - 1981 New York City) was an influential modernist. One of the fathers of Modernism, Breuer showed a great interest in modular construction and simple forms. Known as Lajkó, Breuer studied ...Read More
Lyonel Charles Feininger Lyonel Charles Feininger (July 17, 1871 - January 13, 1956); was a German-American painter and caricaturist. Feininger was born to parents of German descent and grew up in New York City. He moved to Berlin to study at the ...Read More
Johannes Itten Born in Südern-Linden, Switzerland, he had a Friedrich Froebel influenced education and was initially a teacher where he was exposed to the ideas of psychoanalysis. He later enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Geneva but then returned to ...Read More
Paul Klee Paul Klee (December 18, 1879 – June 29, 1940) was a Swiss painter. Klee was born in Münchenbuchsee (near Bern) of Switzerland into a musical family - his father, Hans Klee, taught music at the Hofwil Teacher Seminar near Berne. ...Read More
Gerhard Marcks Gerhard Marcks (born 18 February 1889 in Berlin, died 13 November 1981 in Burgbrohl, Eifel) was a German sculptor, famous for his woodcuts, drawings, lithographs and ceramics. In 1907 Marcks was an apprentice to Richard Scheibe. In 1914 he married ...Read More
Laszlo Moholy László Moholy-Nagy (probably July 28, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Hungarian painter and photographer as well as professor in the Bauhaus school. He was editor of the art and photography department of the European avant-garde magazine International Revue ...Read More
Le Corbusier Le Corbusier (October 6, 1887–August 27, 1965) was a Swiss architect famous for what is now called the International style, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Walter Gropius, and Theo van Doesburg. He also designed furniture. Born as Charles-Edouard ...Read More
Eileen Gray Eileen Gray (August 9, 1878 – October 31, 1976) was an Irish lacquer artist, furniture designer, and architect now well-known for incorporating luxurious lacquer work into the stark International Style aesthetic. She first studied painting at London's Slade School of ...Read More
Barcelona Chair The Barcelona Chair was designed by Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe for the German Pavilion exhibit in Barcelona The Barcelona Chair was designed to be used as a throne for the king and queen of Spain while visiting the German ...Read More