The Talented Le Corbusier: Creator Of The Modern Movement
Le Corbusier (1887-1965), whose original name is Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, was a Swiss-born, French architect, creator, urban planner, and journalist. He established the modern design in the 20th century. Together with his contemporaries Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius, Le Corbusier is considered as an influential leader of the Modern group and helped build the modernism as the dominant dsign in both architecture and furniture design in the early to mid-20th century.
As an architect, Le Corbusier was very abundant. With a career that encompassed the first half of the 20th century, he made structures and free-standing constructions worldwide from Europe to the Far East. His architectural designs were distinctly of the International design, a more stylistic branch of modern design which gave emphasis on balance and volume as well as the lack of ornament. He is also recognized for aiding establish Purism, a form of Cubist art, and the Modulor process in architectural measurements. Some of the structures he made, such as the Villa Savoye in France and the National Museum of Western Art in Japan, can still be observed now.
In addition to his work in architecture, Le Corbusier also made furniture for assistance in the interiors of the structures he made. In 1928, Le Corbusier began in collaboration with his cousin Pierre Jeanneret and interior stylist Charlotte Perriand that resulted with various tubular steel furniture items. These works were then passes into the now-standard Le Corbusier furniture set, and exhibited at the Salon d’ Automne or Autumn Salon exhibition in 1929 at Paris with the Equipment for the Home installation. At present most if not all of the creations featured at the Salon, including the tubular steel LC1 Sling Chair and the LC4 Chaise Lounge, are obtainable as reproduction pieces from various manufacturers.