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Marianne Brandt

1893 - 1983

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Marianne Brandt (1 October 1893 – 18 June 1983) was a German painter, sculptor, photographer, metalsmith, and designer who studied at the Bauhaus art school in Weimar and later became head of the Bauhaus Metall-Werkstatt (Metal Workshop) in Dessau in 1928. Today, Brandt's designs for household objects such as lamps and ashtrays are considered timeless examples of modern industrial design. Although she pursued painting early in life and attended a private art school and the Grand Ducal College of Art in Weimar from 1912–1917, where she produced many works in the Expressionists style and also studied sculpture, the artist is best known for her sleek and elegant industrial designs.Brandt also worked with photography at the Bauhaus, taking photographs that featured unusual angles—in particular, self-portraits—and disorienting and distorting reflections in glass and metal surfaces.She worked as head of the design department of the company Ruppelwerk Metallwarenfabrik GmbH in Gotha until 1932. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marianne Brandt has received more than 149,398 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Marianne Brandt is the 40th most popular artist (up from 46th in 2019), the 1,754th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,105th in 2019) and the 9th most popular German Artist.

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Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Marianne Brandt ranks 40 out of 125. Before her are André Charles Boulle, Barnett Newman, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Marcel Janco, John Heartfield, and Jeff Koons. After her are Herbert Bayer, Hermann Nitsch, Nicholas of Verdun, Ivan Fyodorov, Theo Jansen, and Bill Viola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Marianne Brandt ranks 72. Before her are Kurt Huber, Mário de Andrade, Bill Tilden, Roman Ingarden, Federico Mompou, and Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen. After her are Wilhelm Zaisser, Leonarda Cianciulli, Jean Absil, Carl Værnet, Dorothy Parker, and Dean Acheson. Among people deceased in 1983, Marianne Brandt ranks 53. Before her are Robert Aldrich, Nicolaus von Below, Walther Nehring, Kurt Tank, Karen Carpenter, and Norma Shearer. After her are Horst Schumann, Victor Turner, Dennis Wilson, Walter Stennes, Igor Markevitch, and Arno Babajanian.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Marianne Brandt ranks 1,754 out of 7,253. Before her are Manfred von Ardenne (1907), Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich (1858), Friedrich von Flotow (1812), Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess of Brabant (1224), Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1896), and Gretl Braun (1915). After her are Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1735), Hermann Samuel Reimarus (1694), Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim (1771), Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (1614), Rupert II, Elector Palatine (1325), and Princess Louise Amelie of Baden (1811).

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Among ARTISTS In Germany

Among artists born in Germany, Marianne Brandt ranks 9. Before her are Kurt Schwitters (1887), Josef Albers (1888), Ulay (1943), Bernt Notke (1435), Méret Oppenheim (1913), and John Heartfield (1891). After her are Gunta Stölzl (1897), and Daniel Hopfer (1470).

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