Chromium plated tubular steel, glass brooklyn museum, gift of mr. Its fair to suggest that marcel breuer was, by far, one of the most influential leading figures in the realm of midcentury modern furniture design, and even architecture. Available with natural color frame or black laquered frame. Marcel breuer biography childhood, life achievements. The marcel breuer papers span the years 1920 to 1986 and measure 37. Please wash your hands and practise social distancing. At the bauhaus he designed the wassily chair and the cesca chair which is among the 10 most important chairs of the 20 th century. Home products search results for marcel breuer relevance sort by popularity sort by average rating sort by latest sort by price. An original 1928 chair is in the museum of modern art. In 1968 the chair was purchased by knoll associates t. During the 1920s, breuer studied and taught at the bauhaus in germany, where his curriculum was equally focused on visual art as it was concerned with technology and industrial production. It was named cesca as a tribute to breuers adopted daughter francesca. Breuer has 42 books on goodreads with 3507 ratings.
Check out our resources for adapting to these times. The architect and designer marcel breuer was one the 20th centurys most influential and innovative adherents of modernism. More information a finding aid to the marcel breuer. Breuer was a student and subsequently a master carpenter at the bauhaus in the early 1920s. Breuerchaircompany is a wholesaler for marcel breuer chairs complete product line. The answer is that marcel breuer was a keen cyclist. Marcel breuer, cesca chair, model b 64, 1928 sfmoma. Marcel breuer wicker back chrome cesca chairs by stendig. See more ideas about marcel breuer, home decor and dining table.
Aug 11, 2016 marcel breuer chairs and bar stools for home or commercial use. A wide variety of breuer chair options are available to you, such as metal, genuine leather, and plastic. The wassily chair, also known as the model b3 chair, was designed by marcel breuer in 19251926 while he was the head of the cabinetmaking workshop at the bauhaus, in dessau, germany despite popular belief, the chair was not designed specifically for the nonobjective painter wassily kandinsky, who was on the bauhaus faculty at the same time. At the bauhaus he designed the wassily chair and the cesca chair which is. From furniture at the bauhaus, to iconic midcentury american architecture. Marcel breuer cesca chair replacement cane seat and back in black made in italy. The frame of this classic cantilever chair is made of chromed steel tube. Nickeled steel, enameled and laminated wood, austria. Marcel breuer, furniture and interiors hardcover illustrated, 1 jan 1984. Original marcel breuer cane chrome side chair cesca side chairs. Perhaps the most widelyrecognized of breuers early designs was the first bent tubular steel chair, later known as the wassily chair, designed in 1925 and was inspired, in part, by the curved tubular steel handlebars on breuers adler bicycle. The many lives of a very common chair the new york times.
Characteristics of the mb118 chair minimalist in design. Model b32 chair by breuer, marcel lajos, 1928 designed after 1930 manufactured. These initial cantilever chairs were similar to chairs introduced to mart stam a year earlier. The resulting transparent chair of tubular steel is a classic, its authenticity signified by the signature of the designer and an individual identification. Marcel breuer biography marcel lajos breuer was a world famous modernist architect and designer considered as one of the most prominent proponents of international style. The cesca chair was a chair design in 1928 by marcel breuer, using tubular steel. Marcel breuer married traditional craftsmanship with industrial methods and materials to help make tubular steel furniture an international sensation and a modern institution. Breuer used new technologies and new materials in order to develop his international style of work. The seat and back of the chair employ a woven textile. Marcel breuer after they had to flee to the usa because of the second world war, breuer, gropius and other artists built a faculty of architecture at harvard university.
A work from the early years of the bauhaus, presumed lost for the past 80 years, has been recovered in 2004. Marcel breuer cesca cantilever bauhaus chair design. With armrests and highly processed woven cane as known as octagon netting on the back and the seat, this chair is an impressive piece of furniture. Furniture and interiors museum of modern art, 1981. Breuer wassily chair was created by marcel breuer one of the most prominent and influential designers of the xx century. Marcel lajos breuer designer of the breuer chair couldnt have possibly imagined how popular his chair would be.
Marcel breuer was an apprentice at the bauhaus in 1925 when he conceived the first tubular steel chair, the wassily chair, based on the tubed frame of a bicycle. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. Designed in 1925 by marcel breuer, this chair is an excellent example of the groundbreaking developments that bauhaus brought, such as the sleek and easily comprehensible design and the innovative use of materials. Model b5 chair by breuer, marcel lajos, 19261927 designed 19261927 manufactured.
Tubular steel chair designed by marcel breuer, 1926. Marcel breuer introduced his first cantilever chair in 1928. Though he was born and raised in hungary, he studied at the bauhaus in germany, before ultimately taking his place as the head of the furniture workshop between 1925 and 1928. About 23% of these are living room chairs, 3% are furniture legs, and 2% are dining chairs. Hofer, dan schendel and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. He had an adler bicycle which he particularly admired for its functional design. How marcel breuer and his bike changed the chair design. The breuer chair has been made for over fifty years and is the worlds most popular chair. Breuer extended the sculpture vocabulary he had developed in the carpentry shop at the bauhaus into a. Marcel lajos breuer, international style and modernism. Breuer extended the sculpture vocabulary he had developed in the carpentry shop at the bauhaus into a personal. Even before this happened, breuer was appointed the junior master and conductor of the bauhaus dessau furniture workshop in 1925.
The wassily chair is probably the most famous of all the bauhaus chairs. Analytical concepts the west series in business policy and planning by charles w. Furniture and interiors christopher wilk, marcel breuer on. He is one of the great architects and furniture designers of the 20th century. See more ideas about chair, chairs for sale and modern chairs. A champion of the modern movement and protege of bauhaus founder walter gropius, marcel breuer is equally celebrated for his achievements in architecture and furniture. A steel tube and leather armchair titled wassily chair by wellknown artist and architect marcel breuer.
He was a furniture designer as well as an architect. In 1920 breuer was mainly engaged in furniture design, and that is when he created the famous chair wassily breuer wassily chair was dedicated to the painter wassily kandinsky. Chair of tubular steel, with seat and back panels of bent beechwood, filled with caning. The 1928 steelandchrome cesca chair named after breuers. One of the first furniture designs to make use of steel tubing the wassily chairs elaborately shaped frame is combined with a leather upholstery that forms the seat and backrest. They consist of biographical material, correspondence, business and financial records, interviews, notes, writings, sketches, project files, exhibition files, photographs, and printed material that document breuers career as an architect and designer. Range b 10 thonet chairs, armchairs, sofas, classics. An apprentice at the bauhaus school in germany, he graduated in 1924 and headed for paris, but returned the following year at the request of walter gropius to run the carpentry workshop. Marcel breuer holds a legacy as an accomplished architect, furniture designer, and master of modernism who pioneered the design of tubular steel furniture. The chair, based on a 1920s design by marcel breuer, has a tubularsteel frame and a caned seat and back. Cesca dining room chair designed by marcel breuer, 1928. Rare gilt metal cantilever chair by marcel breuer, circa 1928 gilt metal, ebonized and cane cantilever chair, model cesca by marcel breuer.
This biography profiles his childhood, life, career, achievements and timeline. Marcel breuer cesca chair, model b 64, 1928 artwork info artwork title cesca chair, model b 64 artist name marcel breuer date created 1928 classification furniture medium metal, wood, and cane dimensions 31 in. While still being an apprentice at the bauhaus, breuer designed this iconic chair inspired by the bicycle. After a short stay in paris, he took over the management of the joiners workshop at the bauhaus from 1925 to 1928, which had meanwhile moved to dessau. The chair, based on a 1920s design by marcel breuer, has a. Here is how robert mccarter puts it in our new breuer book. Made of painted wood with a colorful textile weave, this chair embodies the spirit of the early bauhaus like no other object. Marcel breuer, born in hungary in 1902, was educated under the bauhaus manifesto of total construction. He became director of the furniture department at the weimar bauhaus in 1924, and invented a series of furnituredesigns using structural frames of bentsteel tubes finished in chrome. Mar 29, 2014 tubular steel chair designed by marcel breuer, 1926. It was the first such chair massproduced, starting in 1928. Buy breuer architecture generale 01 by mccarter, robert isbn. A club chair reduced to its elemental lines and frame, the wassily chair was inspired by the frame of a bicycle, and designed by marcel breuer while he was an apprentice at the bauhaus. Family life a native of pecs, austriahungary, marcel breuer nicknamed lajko taught at the harvard graduate school of design in cambridge, massachusetts before ultimately settling in new york city.
Breuer chair, breuer chair suppliers and manufacturers at. Marcel breuers chairs are not only modern classics, they have. The cantilevered form exploits the possibilities unique to the material and gives the chair added flexibility and comfort. Marcel lajos breuer was a hungarianborn modernist architect, and furniture designer. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. An early breuer design, the b5 chair from 1926, has recently been added to the collection of the smithsonians cooperhewitt, national design museum in new york city. In the 1930s, due to the rise of the nazi party in germany, breuer relocated to london. From rago, marcel breuer, marcel breuer tables early 20th c. In 1928, breuer developed the tubular steel, wood and cane side chair.
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