Bauhaus

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Above is a link to my pinterest board on Bauhaus as well as some artists spotlights:
Josef Albers
El Lissitzky
Paul Klee

Bauhuas was founded by Walter Gropius in 1919 at Weimar, Germany after the first World War.

The Bauhaus teaching plan insisted on functional craftsmanship in every field, with a concentration on the industrial problems of mechanical mass production. The school sometimes sold a line of products, which was mainly produced by the unpaid labor of the student body (about 150 individuals). Bauhaus style was characterized by economy of method, a severe geometry of form, and design that took into account the nature of the materials employed. The school's concepts aroused vigorous opposition from right-wing politicians and academicians.

In 1925 the Bauhaus moved to the more friendly atmosphere of Dessau, where Gropius designed special buildings to house the various departments. This was also the year that one of the Bauhaus's most successful products, Breuer's tubular steel and leather chair, was created. Gropius resigned in 1928, and leadership passed to the architect Hannes Meyer. He in turn was replaced in 1930 by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, who in an effort to save the Bauhaus made a number of conservative changes. Nonetheless, in the summer of 1932 opposition to the school had increased to such an extent that the city of Dessau withdrew its support. The school was then moved to Berlin, where the faculty endeavored to carry on their ideas, but in 1933 the Nazi government closed the school entirely.

The Bauhaus ideas, enveloping design in architecture, furniture, weaving, and typography, among others, had by this time found wide acclaim in many parts of the world and especially in the United States. Gropius himself went to the United States and taught at Harvard, where he exercised considerable influence. Josef and Anni Albers also emigrated to the United States, where they brought the Bauhaus philosophy to Yale. The Chicago Institute of Design, founded by Moholy-Nagy, most completely carried on the teaching plan of the Bauhaus. In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art, founded in 1929, was organized according to Bauhaus departmental structure, similarly included a wide variety of media, and followed Bauhaus principles in its approach to design.

"Bauhaus." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2015. Retrieved Dec. 2015 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Bauhaus.html

Out of the artists to teach at Bauhaus I'd say I enjoy Paul Klee's work the most due to the very expressive nature of it. There is an extra sense to which its really helps set it apart from the complete rigid-nous (The beauty of simplistic but elegant design) that was instilled there.
Along with Klee, Kandinskys work on colour theory was revolutionary.

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