The Bauhaus emblem, designed by Oskar Schlemmer, was adopted in 1922. Typography by Herbert Bayer above the entrance to the workshop block of the Bauhaus Dessau, 2005 The Staatliches Bauhaus (German: [ˈʃtaːtlɪçəs ˈbaʊˌhaʊs] ⓘ), commonly known as the Bauhaus (German for 'building house'), was a German art school operational from 1919 to 1933 that combined crafts and the fine arts ...
Bauhaus, school of design, architecture, and applied arts that existed in Germany from 1919 to 1933. It was founded by architect Walter Gropius, and notable members included Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Breuer, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Learn more about the Bauhaus’s history and influence.
The Bauhaus school redefined artistic creativity and manufacturing, fine and applied art, and lead Gropius, Klee, Albers, Breuer+ to functional, iconic designs.
The Bauhaus was founded in 1919 in the city of Weimar by German architect Walter Gropius (1883–1969). Its core objective was a radical concept: to reimagine the material world to reflect the unity of all the arts.
The Bauhaus was a school of design, architecture, and applied arts established by German architect Walter Gropius (1883 – 1969) in Weimar, Germany in 1919. The school was operational in three different cities (Weimar, Dessau, and Berlin) until 1933 when it was shut down by the Nazi regime. It was an enormously influential school that defined the epoch and helped shape modern art, design, and ...
Bauhaus architecture developed from the prominent German institution formed by Walter Gropius with the idealistic goal of creating a fundamentally new style of design and architecture to aid in the reconstruction of society following the disasters of World War I. Whereas the original Bauhaus building closed in 1933, the concept remained, giving rise to a new type of architecture that generated ...