Marcel Breuer

- Introduction
- Marcel Adios Breuer ( BROY-ər; 21 May 1902 – 1 July 1981), was a Hungarian-born modernist architect, and furniture designer. At the Bauhaus he designed the Wassily Chair and the Cesca Chair which is “among the 10 most important chairs of the 20th century.” Breuer extended the sculpture vocabulary he had developed in the carpentry shop at the Bauhaus into a personal architecture that made him one of the world's most popular architects at the peak of 20th-century design. His work includes art museums, libraries, college buildings, office buildings, and residences. Many are in a Brutalist architecture style, including the former IBM Research and Development facility which was the birthplace of the first personal computer.
- Wikidata
- Q57588
- Introduction
- In the 1920s, Breuer led the carpentry workshop at the Bauhaus, designing innovative modern furniture which rejected formalism and ornamentation, including the cantilevered chair and his famous 'Wassily' chair. From 1928 to 1931 he worked on architectural projects for Walter Gropius. He emigrated to the United States in 1937 and became a professor at Harvard University. While at Harvard, he and Gropius formed a partnership designing buildings that were influenced by New England vernacular architecture. From 1963 to 1966, Breuer designed the Whitney Museum of American Art. American architect and designer, born in Hungary, studied in Germany, in U.S. since 1937.
- Nationalities
- American, Hungarian
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Architect, Designer, Furniture Designer
- Names
- Marcel Breuer, Marcel L. Breuer, Marcel Lajos Breuer
- Ulan
- 500118800
Exhibitions
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513: Design for Modern Life
Ongoing
MoMA
Collection gallery
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The Value of Good Design
Feb 10–Jun 15, 2019
MoMA
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How Should We Live? Propositions for the Modern Interior
Oct 1, 2016–Apr 23, 2017
MoMA
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Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000
Jul 29–Nov 5, 2012
MoMA
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Shaping Modernity 1880–1980
Mar 28, 2012–Sep 8, 2013
MoMA
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Marcel Breuer has
45 exhibitionsonline.
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Marcel Breuer Armchair 1922
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Marcel Breuer Nesting Tables (model B9) 1925–1926
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Marcel Breuer Table (model B10) 1927
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Marcel Breuer Club chair (model B3) 1927–1928
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Marcel Breuer Cesca Armchair (model B64) 1928
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Marcel Breuer Tea Cart (model B54) 1928
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Marcel Breuer Table (model B27) 1928
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Marcel Breuer Chair (model B33) 1927–1928
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Marcel Breuer Child's side chair (model B33 1/2) 1929
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Marcel Breuer Child's Armchair (model B34 1/2) 1929
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Marcel Breuer Armchair/Lounge Chair 1928–1929
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Marcel Breuer Lounge Chair (model B25) 1928–1929
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Marcel Breuer Potsdamer Platz Project, Berlin, Germany, Axonometric 1929
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Marcel Breuer Cesca Side Chair (model B32) 1928
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Marcel Breuer Couch Designed 1930–1931 (this example 1981)
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Marcel Breuer Side Chair (model B5) 1926-27
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Marcel Breuer Lounge Chair 1932–1933
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Marcel Breuer Stool (model B37) 1932
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Marcel Breuer Garden Table 1932–1933
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Marcel Breuer Room Divider / Bookshelf 1932–1935
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Marcel Breuer Chaise Longue 1935-1936
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Marcel Breuer Stacking Tables 1936
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Marcel Breuer Side Chairs 1936–1937
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Marcel Breuer Chaise Longue 1938
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Marcel Breuer Side Chair 1948
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Marcel Breuer Cesca Side Chair 1928
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Marcel Breuer Cesca Armchair 1928
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Marcel Breuer, Alfred Roth, Emil Roth Doldertal Apartments, Zurich, Switzerland 1936
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Marcel Breuer Folding Armchair (model B4) Designed 1927 (this example 1980)
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