The Bauhaus

The Bauhaus originated in Weimer in 1919 as a new design school. In 1924 the Bauhaus moved to Dessau. This could offer the Bauhaus a new school building. Walter Gropius was the founder of the Bauhaus in 1919 and he directed until 1928, he also designed the building incorporation with Carl Fieger, Ernst Neufert and other in his privat architectural practice. The Bauhaus did not have there own place for architecture until 1927. The Bauhaus building had workshops that they were joined together in the school. The city of Dessau sponsored the Bauhaus with money so they could build the new school it was very close to the train station and also with the Masters House. Walter  Gropius gave his architectonic ideas, he first put into practice before WW1 in the construction of the Fogus, it was a shoe factory in Alsfeld. After Walter Gropius gave up his place of a director of the Bauhaus in 1930 Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe took his place.

In 1933 the Bauhaus closed because of the National Socialists. In 1945 the Bauhaus buildings were severely damaged with bombs because of the war (WW2). The house was restored in according to the guidelines  for historical monument in 1976. In 1996 it was declared as a World Cultural Heritage Site, an extensive restoration was completed in 2006. 

Some of the Bauhaus teachers

Laszlo Mohol- Navy  -  Self portait 

Laszlo Mohol- Navy  - Nickel construction 1921

Johannes Itten (1888-1967) was a Swiss expressionist painter, designer, writer and theorist associated with the Bauhaus. Together with Lyonel Feininger and Gerhard Marks under the director of German architect Walter Gropious. Johannes was port of the teachers in the Bauhaus.

Der Bachsänger

Marcel Breuer 

Marcel Breuer was a student at Bauhaus and then he became master Carpenter at the Bauhaus in the early 20´s collection inspired from Alder bicycle construction and fabrication using the same techniques that the local plumbers. 

Alder bicycle

Wassily chair (1925).

Laccio side table (1925)

Laccio Coffee table (1925) 

Cesca chair (1928)

These four models are still being in production from Knoll : Cesca chair (1928) , Laccio Coffee table (1925) , Laccio side table (1925) , Wassily chair (1925). 

When Marcel Breuer was designing the slatted chair 1923 he was inspired from the Red Blue chair Gerrit Rietveld.

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