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Herbert Bayer

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Austrian architect, photographer, graphic and typographer (1900-1985)

AustriaArchitectsLived 1900 to 1985 · aged 85
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Herbert Bayer was an Austrian and American graphic designer, painter, photographer, sculptor, art director, environmental and interior designer, and architect. He served as a design consultant to and then Chairman of the Department of Design at the Container Corporation of America.

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Rome Prize
Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
AIGA Medal

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Herbert Bayer was an Austrian and American graphic designer, painter, photographer, sculptor, art director, environmental and interior designer, and architect. He served as a design consultant to and then Chairman of the Department of Design at the Container Corporation of America. He helped design the campus of The Aspen Institute in Aspen, Colorado, where his seminal earthwork Grass Mound (1955) is located. He was also instrumental in the development of the Atlantic Richfield Company's corporate art collection until his death in 1985.

Country
Austria
Category
Architects
Type
Architect
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1900 to 1985 · aged 85
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25 languages

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