Peter Behrens

[German Designer, 1868-1940]

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Museums and Public Art Galleries:

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Der Kuss, 1898
Schmetterlinge or Seerose (Butterflies or Water Lily), 1899

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota
Includes 3 objects designed by Behrens

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota
Tea kettle

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota
Electric tea kettle

Musée d'Orsay, Paris   NEW!
Commentary on Dining room furniture

Musée d'Orsay Collection Database, Paris   NEW!
4 works by Peter Behrens online

Museum of Modern Art, New York City
2 works by Peter Behrens online

Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio

Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK
2 works by or related to the artist

Peter Behrens in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Database

Philadelphia Museum of Art
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2 works by Peter Behrens online

Portland Art Museum, Oregon
Table Lamp, 1902

The British Museum, London, UK   NEW!

Pictures from Image Archives:

Peter Behrens at Insecula

Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur (in German)

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Other Web Sites:

Great Buildings Online

Articles:

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Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
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Peter Behrens and a New Architecture for the Twentieth Century

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