Erich Mendelsohn
| Erich Mendelsohn | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Born |
21 March 1887 Allenstein, Prussia (now Poland) |
| Died | 15 September 1953 (aged 66) San Francisco, California, United States |
| Nationality | Jewish-German / British |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings |
Einstein Tower, Potsdam De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea Petersdorff department store, Breslau Weizmann House, Rehovot |
| Projects | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Erich Mendelsohn (21 March 1887 – 15 September 1953) was a Jewish German architect, known for his expressionist architecture in the 1920s, as well as for developing a dynamic functionalism in his projects for department stores and cinemas. Mendelsohn is a pioneer of the Art Deco and Streamline Moderne architecture, notably with his 1921 Mossehaus design.
Erich Mendelsohn was born in Allenstein (Olsztyn), East Prussia. His birthplace was at the former Oberstrasse 21, now no. 10 Staromiejska street. A plaque embedded on the wall on the side of Barbara street commemorates his place of birth.
He was the fifth of six children; his mother was Emma Esther (née Jaruslawsky), a hatmaker and his father David was a shopkeeper. He attended a humanist Gymnasium in Allenstein and continued with commercial training in Berlin.
In 1906 he took up the study of national economics at the University of Munich. In 1908 he began studying architecture at the Technical University of Berlin; two years later he transferred to the Technical University of Munich, where in 1912 he graduated cum laude. In Munich he was influenced by Theodor Fischer, an architect whose own work fell between neo-classical and Jugendstil, and who had been teaching there since 1907; Mendelsohn also made contact with members of Der Blaue Reiter and Die Brücke, two groups of expressionist artists.
...
Wikipedia