1920
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Mendelsohn visits the Netherlands and sees new Dutch architecture at first hand.
The visit Rotterdam and Amsterdam has a significant influence on Mendelsohn’s work. From this time onwards, the flowing forms of his Expressionism are subdued by a functionalist sensibility, as seen in his Steinberg, Herman & Co. hat factory in Luckenwalde, Germany, completed in 1921.
Erich Mendelsohn, ‘Einstein Tower’, three sketches, 1920. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kunstbibliothek, bpk / Kunstbibliothek, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Photo: Dietmar Katz
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