Erich Mendelsohn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Erich Mendelsohn

Jewish German architect

Date of Birth: 21-Mar-1887

Place of Birth: Olsztyn, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 15-Sep-1953

Profession: photographer, architect

Nationality: United Kingdom, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Erich Mendelsohn (21 March 1887 – 15 September 1953) was a German architect, known for his expressionist architecture in the 1920s, as well as for developing a dynamic functionalism in his projects for department stores and cinemas.
Mendelsohn is a pioneer of the Art Deco and Streamline Moderne architecture, notably with his 1921 Mossehaus design.