Erich Mendelsohn
Architect
1887 – 1953
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Who was Erich Mendelsohn?
Erich Mendelsohn 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.
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- Born
- Mar 21, 1887
Olsztyn - Also known as
- Eric Mendelsohn
- Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Germans
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Germany
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Technical University of Berlin
- Technische Universität München
Architecture
( - 1912)
- Lived in
- Olsztyn
- East Prussia
- San Francisco
(1945 - 1953/09/15)
- Died
- Sep 15, 1953
San Francisco
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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