Peter Behrens

**Peter Behrens**
	German architect and designer (1868-1940)
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Name in native language	Peter Behrens;
Date of birth	14 April 1868; Hamburg
Date of death	27 February 1940; Berlin
Manner of death	natural causes;
Cause of death	myocardial infarction;
Place of burial	Wilmersdorf Cemetery;
Country of citizenship	German Reich; Hamburg (parturition);
Residence	Q115690844 (1901–);
Educated at	Beaux-Arts de Paris; Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe (1885–1887); Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (1888–1892); Christianeum;
Occupation	poster artist; architect; typographer; painter; designer; graphic designer; university teacher; graphic artist; illustrator; art educator; industrial designer; furniture designer;
Employer	Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (professor, rector, 1921–1936); Kunstgewerbeschule Düsseldorf (head teacher, 1903–1907);
Member of	Deutscher Werkbund;
Field of work	architecture; visual arts; educational system; industrial design right; industrial design;
Child	Josef Behrens; Petra Fiedler;
Spouse	Lilli Behrens;
Relative	Till Behrens;
Unmarried partner	Else Oppler-Legband (1920–);
Work location	Düsseldorf; Berlin; Vienna;
Notable work	Eduard-Müller-Krematorium; Haus Wiegand; Mannesmann-Haus; AEG’s Turbine factory; AEG-Montagehalle für Großgeräte (–1912); AEG-Kleinmotorenfabrik (–1912); Neue Fabrik für Bahnmaterial; Q115690844;
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	Q76726; ISNI: 0000000109165301; VIAF ID: 74643773; GND ID: 118508466; Library of Congress authority ID: n80164644; Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 119526450; IdRef ID: 027500373; NDL Authority ID: 00619080; Libraries Australia ID: 35687359; NL CR AUT ID: jn20020102074; National Library of Israel ID (old): 000433612; National Library of Spain ID: XX1266055; Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 068852207; NORAF ID: 15035523; NUKAT ID: n01031857; NLP ID (old): a0000002554704; PLWABN ID: 9810604186305606; J9U ID: 987007270935705171; NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA07016111; SBN author ID: RAVV055307; Open Library ID: OL506626A; Union List of Artist Names ID: 500022843; RKDartists ID: 5997; Web Gallery of Art ID: b/behrens; KulturNav-ID: b293a802-5691-4f28-9c2f-ea098f552b8a
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English: Peter Behrens (* 14. April 1868 in Hamburg; † 27. February 1940 in Berlin) was a German architect and designer.

Deutsch: Peter Behrens (* 14. April 1868 in Hamburg; † 27. Februar 1940 in Berlin) war ursprünglich Maler, wurde dann als Architekt vor dem ersten Weltkrieg zum Begründer der 'modernen' sachlichen Industriearchitektur und des modernen Industrie-Designs.

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Waldemar Franz Hermann Titzenthaler, Behrens in his study, around 1913
1918
Portrait by Max Liebermann, 1923
house in Darmstadt, Germany, 1901
Musicroom House Behrens Darmstadt 1901 with Schiedmayer grand piano
Haus Goedecke Hagen, 1911-1912
Haus Wiegand, Berlin-Dahlem, 1911-1912
Lagerhaus Gutehoffnungshütte, Oberhausen, Oberhausen, 1921 – 1925
Alexanderhaus, 1932
Neugestaltung des Alexanderplatzes, Berlin-Mitte
Peter-Behrens-Gebäude, Berlin-Oberschöneweide

AEG’s Turbine factory, Berlin-Moabit, 1909

AEG-Turbinenfabrik
AEG-Turbinenfabrik

AEG premises, Berlin-Wedding, 1911

Assembly hall from the south, Berlin-Wedding (1)
(2) (cropped)
(3) from north
(4) interior
(5) interior

Technical Administration Building of Hoechst AG, 1920-1924

Brücke und Turm
bridge and tower
Turm mit Uhr
tower with clock
Eingangshalle
entrance hall
Hörsaal
auditorium
Innenhof
atrium

Neolog Synagogue in Žilina/Slovakia

Synagogue

Product Design

Lighting was one of the first fields Behrens worked on. A variation of the classic "Behrens Lamp"
ash tray for "AEG Abtlg. Porzellan"
industrial clock
electric water kettle
The coffee machine, probably the last item of Behrens at AEG

Peter Behrens

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