Bauhaus. The Bauhaus Dessau Typography by Herbert Bayer above the entrance to the workshop block of the Bauhaus, Dessau, 2005 Staatliches Bauhaus , commonly known simply as Bauhaus, was an art school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicized and taught. It operated from 1919 to 1933. At that time the German term Bauhaus - literally "house of construction" - was understood as meaning "School of Building". The Bauhaus was first founded by Walter Gropius in Weimar. The school existed in three German cities: Weimar from 1919 to 1925, Dessau from 1925 to 1932 and Berlin from 1932 to 1933, under three different architect-directors: Walter Gropius from 1919 to 1928, Hannes Meyer from 1928 to 1930 and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe from 1930 until 1933, when the school was closed by its own leadership under pressure from the Nazi regime. Bauhaus and German modernism[edit] The Bauhaus Museum - Tel Aviv Bauhaus and Vkhutemas[edit] Weimar[edit]
Johannes Itten. Johannes Itten (11 November 1888 – 25 March 1967) was a Swiss expressionist painter, designer, teacher, writer and theorist associated with the Bauhaus (Staatliche Bauhaus) school. Together with German-American painter Lyonel Feininger and German sculptor Gerhard Marcks, under the direction of German architect Walter Gropius, Itten was part of the core of the Weimar Bauhaus. Life and work[edit] He was born in Südern-Linden, Switzerland. From 1904 to 1908 he trained as an elementary school teacher. Beginning in 1908 he taught using methods developed by the creator of the kindergarten concept, Friedrich Fröbel, and was exposed to the ideas of psychoanalysis.
In 1909 he enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts in Geneva but was unimpressed with the educators there, and returned to Bern. Itten's studies at the Bern-Hofwil Teachers' Academy with Ernst Schneider proved seminal for his later work as a master at the Bauhaus. Farbkreis by Johannes Itten (1961) Influence[edit] Bibliography[edit] László Moholy-Nagy. László Moholy-Nagy Early life[edit] At the Bauhaus[edit] In 1923, Moholy-Nagy replaced Johannes Itten as the instructor of the foundation course at the Bauhaus.
This effectively marked the end of the school’s expressionistic leanings and moved it closer towards its original aims as a school of design and industrial integration.[3] The Bauhaus became known for the versatility of its artists, and Moholy-Nagy was no exception. Throughout his career, he became proficient and innovative in the fields of photography, typography, sculpture, painting, printmaking, and industrial design. One of his main focuses was photography. He coined the term “the New Vision” for his belief that photography could create a whole new way of seeing the outside world that the human eye could not. Later career[edit] In England, Moholy-Nagy formed part of the circle of émigré artists and intellectuals who based themselves in Hampstead.
In the US[edit] Death and legacy[edit] See also[edit] Lumino kinetic art Notes[edit] Lightplay. László Moholy-Nagy, Impressionen vom alten Marseiller Hafen (vieux port ) Lyonel Feininger. Lyonel Charles Feininger (July 17, 1871 – January 13, 1956) was a German-American painter, and a leading exponent of Expressionism. He also worked as a caricaturist and comic strip artist. Life and work[edit] Lyonel Feininger, 1914, Benz VI, oil on canvas, 100 x 125 cm (39.3 x 49.2 in) Lyonel Feininger, 1924, Gaberndorf II In 1900, he met Clara Fürst, daughter of the painter Gustav Fürst.
He married her in 1901, and they had two daughters. The artist was represented with drawings at the exhibitions of the annual Berlin Secession in the years 1901 through 1903. Feininger's career as cartoonist started in 1894. Feininger started working as a fine artist at the age of 36. Feininger Tour marker in Benz He designed the cover for the Bauhaus 1919 manifesto: an expressionist woodcut 'cathedral'. When the Nazi Party came to power in 1933, the situation became unbearable for Feininger and his wife.
Feininger produced a large body of photographic works between 1928 and the mid-1950s. See also[edit] Lyonel Feininger. Oskar Schlemmer. Oskar Schlemmer (4 September 1888 – 13 April 1943) was a German painter, sculptor, designer and choreographer associated with the Bauhaus school. In 1923 he was hired as Master of Form at the Bauhaus theatre workshop, after working some time at the workshop of sculpture. His most famous work is "Triadisches Ballett," in which the actors are transfigured from the normal to geometrical shapes. Also in Slat Dance and Treppenwitz, the performers' costumes make them into living sculpture, as if part of the scenery. Biography[edit] Childhood and apprenticeships[edit] Born in September 1888 in Stuttgart, Oskar Schlemmer was the youngest of six children.
The Bauhaus years[edit] In 1919 Schlemmer turned to sculpture and had an exhibition of his work at the Gallery Der Sturm in Berlin. Schlemmer became known internationally with the première of his 'Triadisches Ballett' in Stuttgart in 1922. Life and death under the Third Reich[edit] Legacy[edit] External links[edit] BAUHAUS - Triadisches Ballett / Triadic Ballet - The weirdest thing you'll ever see.