Herbert Bayer

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Austrian-American person Bauhaus teacher graphic designer human painter photographer typographer

Herbert Bayer was an Austrian-American graphic designer, painter, photographer, and influential Bauhaus teacher known for pioneering modernist typography and visual communication.

Aliases (1)

Herbert Bayer’s universal alphabet project ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austrian-American person → Bauhaus teacher → graphic designer → human → painter → photographer → typographer →
birthDate	1900-04-05 →
birthPlace	Haag, Austria →
countryOfCitizenship	Austria → United States of America →
deathDate	1985-09-30 →
designed	Universal typeface →
educatedAt	Academy of Fine Arts Vienna → Bauhaus →
employer	Bauhaus Dessau →
familyName	Bayer →
fieldOfWork	exhibition design → graphic design → industrial design → painting → photography → typography →
genre	photomontage →
givenName	Herbert →
influenced	20th-century typography → modern graphic design →
influencedBy	László Moholy-Nagy → Walter Gropius →
knownFor	Bauhaus advertising and print design → integrated visual communication systems → pioneering modernist typography → sans-serif lowercase type design →
movement	Bauhaus → Modernism →
name	Herbert Bayer →
notableWork	Bauhaus exhibition designs → Universal typeface → “Lonely Metropolitan” photomontage →
occupation	art director → graphic designer → painter → photographer → teacher →
placeOfDeath	Santa Barbara, California, United States →
positionHeld	director of printing and advertising workshop at Bauhaus Dessau →
style	constructivism in design → geometric abstraction →
taughtAt	Bauhaus Dessau → Bauhaus Weimar →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bauhaus exhibition designs → Universal typeface →	designer
Universal typeface ("Herbert Bayer’s universal alphabet project") →	associatedWith
Ise Gropius →	collaboratedWith
Lonely Metropolitan →	creator
Herbert →	hasNotableBearer
Herbert Bayer →	name
Bauhaus exhibition designs →	notableWorkOf