Marcel Breuer

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Bauhaus teacher Hungarian emigrant to the United States architect furniture designer human modernist architect

Marcel Breuer was a pioneering modernist architect and furniture designer, renowned for his tubular steel chairs and influential role in shaping Bauhaus design principles.

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Marcell Lajos Breuer 1

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instanceOf Bauhaus teacher ⓘ
Hungarian emigrant to the United States ⓘ
architect ⓘ
furniture designer ⓘ
human ⓘ
modernist architect ⓘ
associatedWith Bauhaus movement ⓘ
Walter Gropius ⓘ
birthName Marcel Breuer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Marcell Lajos Breuer
citizenship Hungary ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth Hungary ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1902-05-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1981-07-01 ⓘ
designed Breuer House in Lincoln, Massachusetts ⓘ
Cesca Chair ⓘ
Hooper House II ⓘ
Hudson River Museum addition ⓘ
IBM Research Center in La Gaude ⓘ
St. John’s Abbey Church in Collegeville ⓘ
UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO Headquarters in Paris

Wassily Chair ⓘ
Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ
surface form: Whitney Museum of American Art building
educatedAt Bauhaus ⓘ
Bauhaus Weimar ⓘ
employer Bauhaus Dessau building ⓘ
surface form: Bauhaus Dessau

Harvard University ⓘ
familyName Breuer ⓘ
fieldOfWork architecture ⓘ
furniture design ⓘ
industrial design ⓘ
givenName Marcell ⓘ
influenced International Style ⓘ
surface form: International Style architecture

modern furniture design ⓘ
influencedBy Constructivism ⓘ
De Stijl ⓘ
Walter Gropius ⓘ
language English ⓘ
German ⓘ
Hungarian ⓘ
movement Bauhaus ⓘ
Modernism ⓘ
name Marcel Breuer self-link ⓘ
notableFor Cesca Chair ⓘ
St. John’s Abbey Church in Collegeville ⓘ
UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO Headquarters in Paris

Wassily Chair ⓘ
Whitney Museum of American Art building (Meatpacking District) ⓘ
surface form: Whitney Museum of American Art building

tubular steel furniture ⓘ
occupation professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Pécs ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
styleCharacteristic clean geometric forms ⓘ
exposed structure ⓘ
functionalism ⓘ
taughtAt Harvard Graduate School of Design ⓘ
usedMaterial bent wood ⓘ
tubular steel ⓘ
workedIn Germany ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ

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subject surface form: Gropius House
UNESCO Headquarters → architect → Marcel Breuer ⓘ
Marcel Breuer → birthName → Marcel Breuer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marcell Lajos Breuer
Bernard Zehrfuss → coArchitect → Marcel Breuer ⓘ
Ise Gropius → collaboratedWith → Marcel Breuer ⓘ
Brutalism → hasNotableProponent → Marcel Breuer ⓘ
Walter Gropius → influenced → Marcel Breuer ⓘ
Bauhaus → keyFigure → Marcel Breuer ⓘ
Marcel Breuer → name → Marcel Breuer self-link ⓘ
Bauhaus movement → notableMember → Marcel Breuer ⓘ