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Institut Mathildenhöhe, Städtische Kunstsammlung Darmstadt

Artists and patrons

Artists and patrons

At the time of its existence, 23 artists belonged to the artists’ colony on the Mathildenhöhe, founded by Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig and the publisher Alexander Koch. The work of these members and other important people involved in Darmstadt between 1898 and 1914 also had a major impact on subsequent developments in art and architecture that went far beyond the events on the Mathildenhöhe

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Joseph Maria Olbrich
architect, craftsman, interior designer

* 1867 in Troppau / Opava
† 1908 in Düsseldorf

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Peter Behrens
architect, designer, painter, graphic artist

* 1868 in Hamburg
† 1940 in Berlin

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Johann Vincenz Cissarz
painter, graphic artist, craftsman

* 1873 in Danzig
† 1942 in Frankfurt am Main

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Paul Haustein
graphic artist, craftsman

* 1880 in Chemnitz
† 1944 in Stuttgart