bauhausdesign

1919 1933

• The ‘Bauhaus’ was the name of a very important art & architecture school in Germany.

• The Bauhaus was short lived (1919-1933) but its influence on design is still seen today.

• Bauhaus is often described as ‘Modernism’

• Three of the most famous members were:– Walter Gropius

– Hannes Meyer

– Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Introduction

1979 bauhaus font

At home with the

Bauhaus, 1960’s Article

Characteristics• Bauhaus had a simple

modern look

• Did not hide function behind decoration

• Could be mass produced, allowing the masses access to good design

68’ bauhaus

exhibition at royal

academy of arts

print font

Timeline

1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933

School at

Weimar Opens

Founded and

Directed by

Walter Gropius

As a result of drastic funding

cuts, the Bauhaus masters

declare the school dissolved

as of March 31, 1925.

Teachers include

Lyonnel Feininger,

Gerhard Marcks, and

Johannes Itten

School moves to Dessau

Teaching staff includes

Josef Albers, Herbert

Bayer, Marcel Breuer,

Hinnerk Scheper, and

Joost Schmidt

Gropius resigns as

director (1929)

Hannes Meyer takes over

as Bauhaus' new director

Mies van der Rohe was

appointed director of the

Bauhaus, (1930). Mies

focused on freeing Bauhaus

of political activity in order to

restore its reputation.

Bauhaus relocates to Berlin

(1932). Critics claim that

Bauhaus was anti-German,

Communist and Bolshevik.

On September 30, the

Bauhaus school was

vandalized and closed.

On April 11 1933, the

Nazi government

closes Bauhaus.

László Moholy-Nagy revived the

school for a single year in Chicago

as the New Bauhaus (1937).

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Bauhaus school in Weimar, Germany

ChairsBreuer used tubular steel for the first time after seeing it used in bicycle frames for lightness and strength

Bauhaus chairs are:

–Light

–Functional

–Easy to mass produce

Wassily chair, Marcel

Breuer, 1930's design

history

1929 Ludwig

Mies van der

Rohe

‘Barcelona’

chair

1928 furniture design

Le Corbusier LC2 Chair

1928 furniture design

Le Corbusier LC4

Chaise longue

1929 furniture design

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

‘Barcelona’ chair leather

Chromed steel

Le Courbusier

Chaise longue ‘LC4’

1920's furniture

design Marcel

Breuer Model

no.B3 Mobel arm

chair tubular steel

Wassily chair,

Marcel Breuer,

1930's design

history

1928 furniture design Le

Corbusier, Pierre

Jeanneret, Charlotte

Perriand steel tubing,

Fautevil grand comfort

chair 1965 Cassina

Architecture

• Gropius wanted to reflect the modernist Bauhaus style in the building.

• The Building was unlike anything seen at the time and followed a ‘form follows function’ principle.

• Bauhaus principles were also followed in interiors, modernist interiors are still very popular today.

• Tel Aviv in Israel has some excellent examples of modernist architecture, you can probably spot buildings inspired by the Bauhaus in your town or city

Le Corbusier 40s interior

modernism living space• Walter Gropius designed the new Bauhaus building in 1925.

1970's furniture

Interior design

Le`Corbusier

`fautevil grand

comfort` chair

DesignersThe Bauhaus was a design school and married art, architecture and craft.

Listed below are some of the most famous members of the Bauhaus and a few iconic designs.

Wassily Kandinsky(1866 1944) One of the

most famous 20th-century

artists, he is credited with

painting the first modern

abstract works

Herbert Bayer(1900-1985) was an

Austrian graphic designer,

painter, photographer, and

architect.

Walter Gropius(1883-1969) German

architect & founder of

Bauhaus. Widely regarded

as one of the pioneering

masters of Modernism

Marcel Lajos Breuer

(1902-1981) Architect &

Furniture designer, One of the

fathers of Modernism, Breuer

showed a great interest in

modular construction and simple

forms.

László Moholy-Nagy

(1895-1946) was a

professor in the Bauhaus

school. He was a strong

advocate of the integration

of technology and industry

into the arts.

Ludwig Mies Van Der

Rohe (1896-1969)Created an influential

Twentieth-Century

architectural style, stated

with clarity and simplicity

Hannes Meyer (1889-

1954) Brought his radical

functionalist viewpoint that

buildings should be low

cost and designed to fulfill

social needs.kandinsky

Van Der Rohe

Marcel Breuer

References

• Land of lost content

http://www.lolc.co.uk

• Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhaus

• Wikimedia Commons

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Reusing_content_outside_Wikimedia