Bruno Paul - The Life and Work of a Pragmatic Modernist

At the dawn of the 20th century, Bruno Paul (1874-1968) stood likea colossus astride the landscape of an emerging Modernism. Asan illustrator, architect and educator his influence was unequalled.Arguably the most important German designer of his generation,his work was ubiquitous in the technical and professional publicationsof his day. For five decades, Paul's reputation was unparalleledamong progressive German artists. As a young man he wasa member of the Munich avant-garde responsible for the creationof the Jugendstil. As a designer of furniture and interiors, heachieved a commercial succes s unmatched by his illustrious [...] the light of his professional accomplishments, hewas the most influential German architect of his generation, a figureof international significance. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, AdolfMeyer and Kem Weber were among his students, and their workdeveloped from the practices of his atelier. Indeed, as director ofthe Vereinigte Staatsschulen für freie und angewandte...