11 works by Peter Behrens (German, 1868–1940) are catalogued on Archive Lane, free to preview and available to download or order as a print.
Peter Behrens was a leading German architect, graphic and industrial designer, best known for his early pioneering AEG Turbine Hall in Berlin in 1909. He had a long career, designing objects, typefaces, and important buildings in a range of styles from the 1900s to the 1930s. He was a founding member of the German Werkbund in 1907, when he also began designing for AEG, pioneered corporate design, graphic design, producing typefaces, objects, and buildings for the company. In the next few years, he became a successful architect, a leader of the rationalist / classical German Reform Movement of the 1910s. After the First World War, he turned to Brick Expressionism, designing the remarkable Hoechst Administration Building outside Frankfurt, and from the mid-1920s increasingly to New Objectivity. He was also an educator, heading the architecture school at Academy of Fine Arts Vienna from 1922 to 1936. As a well known architect he produced design across Germany, in other European countries, Russia and England. Several of the leading names of European modernism worked for him when they were starting out in the 1910s, including Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius.
At a glance
Most of Peter Behrens's work on the site falls under Posters (8), Illustration (3).
By movement, it's catalogued as Art Nouveau (11).
Culture: German (11).
By orientation: 1 landscape, 10 portrait.
Dated work in this group ranges from 1898 to 1917.
Prints of these artworks
Every artwork here can be downloaded as the original high-resolution file, or ordered as a Canvas, Rolled Canvas, Framed Canvas or Framed Print from $21.99, shipping included.
Sizes and framing
Sizes are listed in inches and centimetres, with up to 26 sizes available depending on the print type, from small desk pieces up to large statement pieces. A size that doesn't match this artwork's own proportions is centred and trimmed to fit, and each print type's page states exactly how much of the image that removes.
Framed Canvas and Framed Print orders are available in 8 frame colours (Black, White, Natural, Gold, Walnut, Silver, Dark Grey, Light Grey); Canvas and Rolled Canvas have no frame and no glass.
Frequently asked questions
- How many Peter Behrens artworks does Archive Lane have?
- 11 public-domain artworks by Peter Behrens are catalogued on Archive Lane, each available as a free preview, a digital download, or a made-to-order print.
- What nationality was Peter Behrens?
- Peter Behrens is catalogued as German (born 1868, died 1940).
- Can I download these as digital files?
- Yes, every artwork can be previewed for free and downloaded as the original high-resolution file with a one-off purchase or a membership.
- Can these be printed and framed?
- Yes, any artwork here can be ordered as a Canvas, Rolled Canvas, Framed Canvas or Framed Print, made to order and shipped locally.
- Is this art really public domain?
- Yes. Every artwork on Archive Lane is in the public domain, meaning the original copyright has expired, so it can be reproduced and sold as a print without a licence from the artist's estate.
- Can I filter this list?
- Yes, use the filters above the grid to narrow by artist, colour, orientation and, where available, movement or room.
