Marianne Brandt was a German painter, sculptor, and designer involved with the Bauhaus beginning in 1923, where her designs for practical metal objects formed an important part of the repertoire. Many of these designs including lamps, ashtrays and other household objects remain in production today. Brandt was born in Chemnitz and trained as a painter before joining the Weimar Bauhaus in 1923. Wikipedia
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Marianne Brandt. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_Brandt
