Ludwig Mies van der RoheAmerican, 1886–1969Chair Frame Studies
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Where is “Chair Frame Studies” now? Collection: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Chicago, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 2018.246
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In the catalog
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- Art Institute of Chicago
- Image: Art Institute of Chicago — © the artist or rights holder
In the life of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
The whole life1930–1933
Employed by: Bauhaus
April – July 1933
The Gestapo raid and the closing of the Bauhaus
In April 1933 the Gestapo raided the school, and in July, because the Nazis had made its continued operation untenable, Mies and the faculty “voted” to close the Bauhaus.
1933–1937
Attempts to get along with the Nazis
Some of his designs, such as autobahn service stations, found favour with Hitler; Mies and Gropius joined the visual arts section of the Reich Culture Chamber, entered early Nazi architectural competitions with designs showing structures decorated with swastikas, and signed an artists’ manifesto supporting Hitler’s succession to Hindenburg. His design for a Reichsbank building in Berlin won one of six prizes but was rejected by Hitler.
1937–1938
Emigration to the United States
His modernist designs of glass and steel were not considered suitable for state buildings by the Nazis, and in 1937 or 1938 Mies reluctantly followed Gropius to the United States, where he accepted a residential commission in Wyoming and then an offer to head the department of architecture of the Armour Institute of Technology in Chicago.
