Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Karl Friedrich Schinkel 1781-1841 Prussian architect, city planner, and painterNeoclassicalism 『Berlin Old Museum』 『Babelsberg Palace』 『Neue Wache Memorial』 

Itsukushima Shrine

Itsukushima Shrine

Itsukushima shrineCompletion 1241/1556/1571/1680/1875Place: Itsukushima / Miyajima, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima, Japan world Heritage “Aki no Miyajima”, one of the three best views in Japan.The head office of Itsukushima Shrine, which is located…

Walter Gropius

Walter Gropius

1883-1969German architectFounder of the BauhausPioneers of modern architecture『Fagus Factory』『Bauhaus Dessau building』『Gropius House』 【BOOK】 【MOVIE】

Gunnar Asplund

Gunnar Asplund

1885-1940 Swedish architect  Nordic Classicism 『Stockholm Public Library』 『Skogskyrkogården』

Gottfried Semper

Gottfried Semper

Gottfried Semper 1803-1879 German architect Classicism Neoclassical Eclectic Pictureless 『Dresden Opera House』 『Dresden Museum』 『Museum of Art』 

Byodoin Temple

Byodoin Temple

Byodoin Phoenix Hall Completion: 1053 Place: Uji, Kyoto World Heritage It is famous for Amida-do, which looks like a palace floating in a treasure pond in the Western Paradise.A pair of phoenixes are installed on the…

Imperial Hotel

Imperial Hotel

Imperial HotelCompletion: 1923 Place: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo / Inuyama City, Aichi Design: Frank Lloyd Wright A hotel designed by three great masters of modern architecture. It is characterized by scratch tiles, terracotta and Otani stone decorations. ‥Although…

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

1881-1973 Spanish painter, sculptor  Co-founding the Cubist movement Surrealism 『Les Demoiselles d’Avignon』 『Guernica』 『Bull’s Head

Egon Schiele

Egon Schiele

1890-1918 Austrian painter Vienna Secession Wiener Werkstätte Art Nouveau 『self-portraits』 『Seated woman with bent knee』 『The Family』

Lyonel Feininger

Lyonel Feininger

 1871-1956 German-American painter Expressionism, Cubism, Blaue Reiter, Die Brücke, Berlin Secession, Novembergruppe, Bauhaus 『Cathedral of Socialism』 『Gelmeroda』 『The High Shore』

Le Corbusier

Le Corbusier

1887-1965Swiss-French architect, designer, painterFive Points of ArchitectureFounding member of CIAM『Villa Savoye,』『Unité d’habitation』『Notre Dame du Haut』 【BOOK】 【MOVIE】

Gerrit Thomas Rietveld

Gerrit Thomas Rietveld

1888-1964Dutch architect, furniture designerDe Stijl artistic movement『the Rietveld Schröder House』『Red and Blue Chair』『Zig-Zag Chair』 【BOOK】 【MOVIE】

Piet Mondrian

Piet Mondrian

1872-1944Dutch painter, theoreticianPioneer of 20th-century abstract artContributor to the De Stijl『Gray Tree』『Composition』『Broadway Boogie Woogie』

Louis Sullivan

Louis Sullivan

1856-1924 American architect Chicago School AIA Gold Medal 『Auditorium Building』 『Wainwright Building』 『Guaranty Building』

Oskar Schlemmer

Oskar Schlemmer

1888-1943 German painter, sculptor, designer and choreographer  Bauhaus Meister, party of form and colour, Theory of Performance  『Triadisches Ballett』 『Bauhaustreppe』 

Henry van de Velde

Henry van de Velde

1863-1957 Belgian painter, architect, interior designer, and art theorist Art Nouveau German Jugendstil Bauhaus 『Van-de-Velde-Building』 『Kröller-Müller Museum』