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Bauhaus
Poster for the '1923 Bauhaus' exhibition, by Joost Schmidt, 1923, lithograph
Other names	Staatliches Bauhaus
Decade of origin	Late 1910s (1919)
Key colours	Primary colours
Key values	Simplicity, emphasis on function, geometric abstraction, embrace on new materials and technologies
Related aesthetics	Avant-garde Constructivism De Stijl International Typographic Style Purism Modernism Plakatstil Renovador Movement Suprematism Zenitism

Bauhaus was the name of a German design school founded by the German architect Walter Gropius that was active from 1919 to 1933.

"The Bauhaus fights imitation, inferior craftsmanship and artistic dilettantism. We want to create the purely organic building, boldly emanating its inner laws, free of untruths or ornamentation. Society needs a good image of itself. That is the job of the architect." ― Walter Gropius

Motifs/Elements

• Functionality/Simplicity
• Monochromatic colors
• Primary colors
• Use of glass, concrete and steel
• Elemental sameness

Locations:

• Gropius House in Lincoln, Massachusetts
• Villa Tugendhat in the Czech Republic
  

Gallery

Gobelin, by Max Peiffer Watenphul, 1921, hemp and wool, Bauhaus-Archiv, Museum für Gestaltung, Berlin

Menorah, by Gyula Pap, 1922, brass

Lattenstuhl, by Marcel Breuer, 1922-1924, oak and wool upholstery

Poster for the Bauhaus exhibition in Weimar, by Fritz Schleifer, 1923, lithograph

Carpet for a child room, by Benita Koch-Otte, 1923, unknown materials

Lamp, by Wilhelm Wagenfeld, 1923-1924, glass and nickel

Teapot, by Marianne Brandt, 1924, solid silver and ebony

In the Bright Oval, by Wasilly Kandisky, 1925, oil on cardboard

May Picture, by Paul Klee, 1925, oil on cardboard

School complex for the Bauhaus, Dessau, Germany, by Walter Gropius, 1925-1926

Club chair (model B3), aka the Wassily chair, by Marcel Breuer, 1925-1927, chrome-plated tubular steel and canvas

MR Armchair, by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1927, chrome-plated steel tubing and leather

Stacking tables, by Josef Albers, 1927, wood

Stacking tables, by Marcel Breuer, 1927, chrome-plated tubular steel and wood

Chair (model B33), by Marcel Breuer, 1927-1928, chrome-plated tubular steel with steel-thread seat and back, MoMA, New York City

Armchair b64, by Marcel Breuer, 1929, chromium plated steel pipe and woven cane

Tea set, designed by Wilhelm Wagenfeld and produced by Janaer Glaswerke Schott & Gen., 1931, glass