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Facts

Born March 21, 1887 • Olsztyn • Poland
Died September 15, 1953 (aged 66) • San Francisco • California
Movement / Style Expressionism • Novembergruppe

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Mendelsohn, Erich: Einstein Tower
Spiral staircase in the De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill, Eng., designed by Erich Mendelsohn and Serge Chermayeff.
Bexhill: De la Warr Pavilion
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Poelzig, 1932
Hans Poelzig
German architect
Walter Gropius
Walter Gropius
German-American architect
Portrait of Peter Behrens by Max Liebermann.
Peter Behrens
German architect
Eiermann, Egon: Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
Egon Eiermann
German architect
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
American architect
Lincoln Memorial dedication
Henry Bacon
American architect
Candela, Felix: L'Oceanogràfic
Felix Candela
Spanish architect
Helmut Jahn: Joe and Rika Mansueto Library
Helmut Jahn
German-American architect
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Albert Kahn
American architect
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Karl Friedrich Schinkel
German architect and painter
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Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann
German architect
Klenze, Leo von: Glyptothek
Leo von Klenze
German architect
Paul Hindemith.
Paul Hindemith
German composer
Pechstein, Max: Sunlight
Max Pechstein
German artist
Marcks, Gerhard: Passage over the Styx
Gerhard Marcks
German artist
Self-portrait, oil painting by Otto Müller, 1922; in the Klaus Gebhard Collection, Munich
Otto Müller
German painter
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Bertrand Goldberg
American architect
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Gaetana Aulenti
Italian architect
Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Italian artist
Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier
Swiss architect

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