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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 1911–1917, 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

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marianne Brandt is the 41st most popular artist (down from 40th in 2019), the 1,983rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,754th in 2019) and the 9th most popular German Artist.

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Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Marianne Brandt ranks 41 out of 125. Before her are William Wallace Denslow, John Heartfield, Ulay, André Charles Boulle, Jeff Koons, and Marcel Janco. After her are Louis Comfort Tiffany, Nicholas of Verdun, Judy Chicago, Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, Yoshitaka Amano, and Herbert Bayer.

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Among people born in 1893, Marianne Brandt ranks 84. Before her are Mário de Andrade, Raymond Dart, Feroz Khan Noon, Leonarda Cianciulli, Luigi Carlo Borromeo, and Armand Călinescu. After her are Frederick William Franz, Bai Chongxi, Jean Absil, Merian C. Cooper, Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen, and Gaston Julia. Among people deceased in 1983, Marianne Brandt ranks 60. Before her are Walther Nehring, William Walton, Walter Stennes, Nicolaus von Below, Victor Turner, and Norma Shearer. After her are Igor Markevitch, Jean Rey, Carolyn Jones, Arno Babajanian, Miguel Alemán Valdés, and Sharof Rashidov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Marianne Brandt ranks 1,984 out of 7,253. Before her are Andreas Cellarius (1596), Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern (1890), Lorenz Oken (1779), George, Duke of Bavaria (1455), Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria (1870), and Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1603). After her are Herbert von Bismarck (1849), August Oetker (1862), Hans Berger (1873), Garibald I of Bavaria (550), Lilly Reich (1885), and Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia (1719).

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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), Bernt Notke (1435), Méret Oppenheim (1913), John Heartfield (1891), and Ulay (1943). After her are Gunta Stölzl (1897), and Daniel Hopfer (1470).

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