House at Mathildenhohe. Architect: Peter Behrens. The Behrens’ house in the Darmstadt artists’ colony betrays his connection with Jugendstil. It foreshadows the rational synthesis between design and industry that he would achieve later as a leading figure of the Deutsche Werkbund. In 1901, Behrens was still transforming himself from a Jugendstil artist into an architect via interior decoration. Following the philosophy of Nietzsche, Behrens and his contemporaries believed that art could address the huge social and economic questions of modern life which characterized Wilhelminian Germany.

House at Mathildenhohe.

Architect: Peter Behrens.

The Behrens’ house in the Darmstadt artists’ colony betrays his connection with Jugendstil. It foreshadows the rational synthesis between design and industry that he would achieve later as a leading figure of the Deutsche Werkbund. In 1901, Behrens was still transforming himself from a Jugendstil artist into an architect via interior decoration. Following the philosophy of Nietzsche, Behrens and his contemporaries believed that art could address the huge social and economic questions of modern life which characterized Wilhelminian Germany.

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