100 Years of Bauhaus: Celebrating an artistic utopia
Between two world wars, the Bauhaus School of Art and Design changed the face of modernity. Realized with the Bauhaus-Archiv in Berlin, 100 Years of Bauhaus delves deep into the archives of modernism's most famous school, in a newly updated edition, gathering 550 illustrations and including architectural plans and biographies of key figures like Walter Gropius, Paul Klee, and Marianne Brandt—the ultimate guide…
A comic photo of an unknown Bauhaus student. Copyright: Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin (inv. 12296/1-3)
The two final Bauhaus celebrations were held on 18 and 25 February 1933. All the rooms were decorated for these large-scale public carnival celebrations. Kandinsky, Feininger, Albers and also Marcks, Georg Kolbe, Fernand Léger, Picasso and many other famous artists had donated works for a tombola which aimed to raise money for the Bauhaus. The two invitation cards were designed by the American Bauhaus student Bertrand Goldberg. Copyright: Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin (Inv. 645/6009)
Bella Ullmann: Attempt at a Colour Scheme for Secondary Forms, 1931. Starting from the arrangement of basic forms and basic colours, as Kandinsky himself maintained, an attempt was made to find corresponding colours for intermediate forms, resulting in a sort of ‚Colour and Form Circle’. Copyright: Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin (Inv. 3243/13); Foto: Atelier Schneider, Berlin
Judit Kárász: Portrait of Otti Berger with the facade of the Bauhaus, double exposure, 1931/32. Copyright: Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin (Inv. 2016/41)
Walter Funkat: The lobby of the Bauhaus building, reflected in one of the glass spheres which decorated the buidling during the Metallic Festival, 1929. Copyright: Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin Inv. F2004/49.1; © Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin
Oskar Schlemmer: Group photo of all the dancers in the Triadic Ballet as part of the revue ‘Wieder Metropol’ in the Metropol Theatre, Berlin, 1926. Copyright: Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin (inv. 1222)
Woman with a mask by Schlemmer seated in one of Marcel Breuer’s first tubular steel chairs. Copyright: Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin Inv. F1218a
The Bauhaus identity card of Gunta Stölzl, 1928. Stölzl was the first woman to be granted the title of ‘master of the bauhaus in dessau’. She took on the overall direction of the weaving workshop from April 1927. Copyright: Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin (inv. 6737/12) , Foto: Markus Hawlik
László Moholy-Nagy: Construction Z 1, 1922/23. Copyright: Bauhaus-Archiv, Inv. 2921; Foto: Hartwig Klappert
Four Bauhaus students in a circle: Robert Lenz (top), Hin Bredendieck (right), Lony Neumann (bottom) and Hermann (Sven) Gautel (left). Copyright: Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin (inv. 12635/5)
Bauhaus lettering on the façade of the Bauhaus building in Dessau, ca. 1930 Copyright: Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin (inv. 7870)
Walter Gropius: Bauhaus building in Dessau, 1925/26. View of the Bauhaus building from the southwest, workshop wing. Copyright: Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin (inv. 5993/3); photo: Atlantis-Foto
100 Years of Bauhaus [updated edition], published by TASCHEN, £40, available to buy online here.
