Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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Une paire de chauffeuses Barcelona MR90

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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969)

Une paire de chauffeuses Barcelona MR90

Acier chromé et coussins en cuir couleur caramel

75x75x75cm

Knoll Associates International, Etats-Unis , vers 1960

Le modèle Barcelona n ° MR90 a été conçu en 1929 par Mies van der Rohe pour le pavillon allemand à l’Exposition internationale de Barcelone, où deux de ces sièges ont été utilisés comme trônes pour le roi et la reine d’Espagne.

Pour la conception de cette chauffeuse, Mies était influencé par les sièges curules de la Rome antique avec leur pieds incurvés formant un X, afin d’en créer un symbole de dignité royale.

Les premiers exemplaires étaient fabriqués par Berliner Metallgewerbe Josef Müller.

Elle fut rééditée par Knoll Associates International de 1953 à nos jours, fabriquée presque entièrement à la main

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969) was a German-American architect,  he was born in Aachen.

He created an influential twentieth-century architectural style, stated with extreme clarity and simplicity. His mature buildings made use of modern materials such as industrial steel and plate glass to define interior spaces. Ludwig strove toward an architecture with a minimal framework of structural order balanced against the implied freedom of unobstructed free-flowing open space.

He was involved in the development of the Bauhaus where he was architect-director between 1930 and 1933.

Nazi political pressure forced the state-supported school to leave its campus in Dessau, in 1933 the faculty voted to close the Bauhaus. The Nazis rejected his style as not "German" in character.

Frustrated and unhappy, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe left his homeland in 1937.

Mies settled in Chicago, Illinois, where he was appointed head of the architecture school at Chicago's Armour Institute of Technology. In 1944, he became an American citizen.  His architecture became an accepted mode of building for American cultural and educational institutions, developers, public agencies, and large corporations.

Mies, often in collaboration with Lilly Reich, designed modern furniture pieces using new industrial technologies that have become popular classics, such as the Barcelona chair. His furniture is known for fine craftsmanship, a mix of traditional luxurious fabrics like leather combined with modern chrome frames.