Peter Behrens

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architect graphic designer human industrial designer painter typographer

Peter Behrens was a pioneering German architect and designer whose industrial, graphic, and architectural work helped shape early modernism and influenced figures like Le Corbusier, Gropius, and Mies van der Rohe.

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Peter Behrens buildings	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	architect ⓘ graphic designer ⓘ human ⓘ industrial designer ⓘ painter ⓘ typographer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	German Empire ⓘ Germany ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1868-04-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1940-02-27 ⓘ
educatedAt	Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe ⓘ Kunstakademie Düsseldorf ⓘ Kunstgewerbeschule Düsseldorf ⓘ surface form: School of Applied Arts in Hamburg
employer	Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft ⓘ Kunstgewerbeschule Düsseldorf ⓘ Prussian Academy of Sciences ⓘ surface form: Prussian Academy of Arts
familyName	Behrens ⓘ
fieldOfWork	architecture ⓘ corporate identity design ⓘ graphic design ⓘ industrial design ⓘ typography ⓘ
givenName	Peter ⓘ
influenced	Le Corbusier ⓘ Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ Walter Gropius ⓘ modern industrial design ⓘ
memberOf	Deutscher Werkbund ⓘ
movement	Deutscher Werkbund ⓘ surface form: German Werkbund Art Nouveau ⓘ surface form: Jugendstil modernism ⓘ
name	Peter Behrens self-link ⓘ
nationality	German ⓘ
notableFor	contributions to early modern architecture ⓘ integration of industrial design, architecture, and graphics ⓘ pioneering corporate identity design for AEG ⓘ
notableWork	AEG Turbine Factory ⓘ AEG corporate identity ⓘ AEG corporate identity ⓘ surface form: AEG logo design Behrens House Darmstadt ⓘ German Embassy in Saint Petersburg ⓘ Hoechst Administration Building ⓘ Mannheim Kunsthalle building ⓘ
occupation	architect ⓘ graphic designer ⓘ industrial designer ⓘ painter ⓘ professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Hamburg ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Berlin ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
student	Le Corbusier ⓘ Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ Walter Gropius ⓘ

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AEG Turbine Factory → architect → Peter Behrens ⓘ

Behrens House Darmstadt → architect → Peter Behrens ⓘ

German Embassy in Saint Petersburg → architect → Peter Behrens ⓘ

Hoechst Administration Building → category → Peter Behrens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Peter Behrens buildings

Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft → collaboratedWith → Peter Behrens ⓘ

AEG corporate identity → designer → Peter Behrens ⓘ

Kunstgewerbeschule Düsseldorf → employed → Peter Behrens ⓘ

Le Corbusier → employer → Peter Behrens ⓘ

Deutscher Werkbund → founder → Peter Behrens ⓘ

Behrens House Darmstadt → hasCreator → Peter Behrens ⓘ

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Behrens → hasNotableBearer → Peter Behrens ⓘ

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe → influencedBy → Peter Behrens ⓘ

Walter Gropius → influencedBy → Peter Behrens ⓘ

Peter Behrens → name → Peter Behrens self-link ⓘ

Behrens House Darmstadt → namedAfter → Peter Behrens ⓘ

Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft → notableDesigner → Peter Behrens ⓘ

Kunstgewerbeschule Düsseldorf → notableEmployee → Peter Behrens ⓘ

Deutscher Werkbund → notableMember → Peter Behrens ⓘ

Kunstgewerbeschule Düsseldorf → notableTeacher → Peter Behrens ⓘ

Walter Gropius → studentOf → Peter Behrens ⓘ