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Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Architect |
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Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Architect > Website 
Architect H.P. Berlage designed everything from napkin rings to new urban developments. But he is best known as the architect who instituted a new style of architecture in late 19th-century Holland. The 1903 Amsterdam exchange building ('Beurs van Berlage') is the earliest obvious example. His final masterpiece, the Hague Gemeentemuseum, was the crowning glory of a sizeable oeuvre of great international significance as the forerunner of modern architecture. Berlage was an ardent socialist and wished his work to elevate mankind. He disliked excessive decoration and expensive materials and wanted his buildings to attract attention by their volume, relief and silhouette. But he hardly ever confined his attentions simply to the architecture. His interventions in the interior and designs for furniture, glass and tableware frequently turned the buildings he designed into total works of art.
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Theo van Doesburg, Founder De Stijl
Theo van Doesburg was a Dutch artist, practicing in painting, writing, poetry and architecture. He is best known as the founder and leader of De Stijl. Although he considered himself to be a modern painter at that time, his early work is in line with... |
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Gerrit Rietveld, Designer/Architect
In 1911, Rietveld started his own furniture factory, while studying architecture. Rietveld designed the 'Red and Blue Chair' in 1918, influenced by the 'De Stijl' movement, of which he became a member in 1919, the same year in which he became an arch... |
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