Deutscher Werkbund
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The Deutscher Werkbund is a German association of artists, architects, designers and industrialists established in 1907. The Werkbund became an important element in the development of modern architect
Building by Mies van der Rohe in the Weissenhof Estate (1927)
1914 exhibition poster by Peter Behrens
"Weißenhof chair", by Mies van der Rohe with canework upholstery by Lilly Reich (ca. 1927)
Gerhard Marcks
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Gerhard Marcks was a German artist, known primarily as a sculptor, but who is also known for his drawings, woodcuts, lithographs and ceramics.
Marcks (left) with Helmut Schmidt
Die Trauernde / The Mourner in front of the St. Maria im Kapitol church in Cologne.
Gaea (1965), in the Rosengarten, Rheinpark, Cologne
Der wiehernde Hengst / The Whinnying Stallion, second casting, 1974