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Marcel Breuer

Marcel Lajor (Lajko) Breuer (1902 - 1981) was active/lived in New York, Massachusetts / Hungary.  Marcel Breuer is known for Architecture, public and private buildings, residences, furniture designing.

Marcel Lajos Breuer was a Hungarian-born modernist, architect and furniture designer of Jewish descent. One of the masters of Modernism, Breuer displayed interest in modular construction and simple forms.

Known to his friends and associates as Lajkó, Breuer studied and taught at the Bauhaus in the 1920s. The Bauhaus curriculum stressed the simultaneous education of its students in elements of visual art, craft and the technology of industrial production. Breuer was eventually appointed to a teaching position as head of the school's carpentry workshop. He later practiced in Berlin, designing houses and commercial spaces. In the 1920s and 1930s, Breuer pioneered the design of tubular steel furniture. Later in his career he would also turn his attention to the creation of innovative and experimental wooden furniture.

Perhaps the most widely-recognized of Breuer's early designs was the first bent tubular steel chair, later known as the Wassily Chair, designed in 1925 and was   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 6099 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Marcel Breuer

   Marcel Breuer  Born:  1902 - Pecs, Hungary
Died:   1981 - New York City
Known for:  Architecture, public and private buildings, residences, furniture designing

Marcel Lajos Breuer was a Hungarian-born modernist, architect and furniture designer of Jewish descent. One of the masters of Modernism, Breuer displayed interest in modular construction and simple forms.

Known to his friends and associates as Lajkó, Breuer studied and taught at the Bauhaus in the 1920s. The Bauhaus curriculum stressed the simultaneous education of its students in elements of visual art, craft and the technology of industrial production. Breuer was eventually appointed to a teaching position as head of the school's carpentry workshop. He later practiced in Berlin, designing houses and commercial spaces. In the 1920s and 1930s, Breuer pioneered the design of tubular steel furniture. Later in his career he would also t  ...  Displaying 750 of 6099 characters.

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