Tate glossary definition for Bauhaus: Revolutionary school of art, architecture and design established by the pioneer modern architect Walter Gropius at Weimar in Germany in 1919
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Its aim was to bring art back into contact with everyday life, and architecture, performing arts, design and applied arts were therefore given as much weight as fine art. The name is a combination of the German words for building (bau) and house (haus) and may have been intended to evoke the idea of a guild or fraternity working to build a new society. Teachers included Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, László Moholy-Nagy and Josef Albers.The Bauhaus moved from Weimar to Dessau in 1925–6 where Gropius created a new building for the school. In 1932 it moved to Berlin where it was closed in 1933 by the Nazis.Its influence was immense, especially in the USA, where many artists moved before and during the Second World War. Does this text contain inaccurate information or language that you feel we should improve or change? We would like to hear from you. bauhaus photography Left Right Cafeteria after lunch, Bauhaus, Dessau Iwao Yamawaki 1930–2, printed later View by appointment Bauhaus Building, Dessau, view from the vestibule window looking toward the workshop wing Lucia Moholy 1926 View by appointment Untitled (Interior, Bauhaus, Dessau) Iwao Yamawaki 1930–2 View by appointment In Dessau (Modernist architecture) Iwao Yamawaki 1930–2 View by appointment Untitled (Modernist architecture) Iwao Yamawaki 1930–2 View by appointment THE NEW BAUHAUS & BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE In 1933, after the closure of the Bauhaus by the Nazis, Josef and Anni Albers took the Bauhaus methods to Black Mountain College in North Carolina and in then 1950 to the Department of Design at Yale University in Connecticut.László Moholy-Nagy left Europe in 1937, after an invitation to begin a new school of art and design in Chicago, first called The New Bauhaus and later renamed the Institute of Design. Aiming to train ‘the perfect designer’, perhaps the most important of the departments was the photography department under the direction of Harry Callahan. Bringing principles from the original Bauhaus, it continued to see the camera and photography as a medium distinct from others, and turned its gaze onto the growing cityscapes of America, capturing and using its architecture as a structural device. Does this text contain inaccurate information or language that you feel we should improve or change? We would like to hear from you. Related terms and concepts Left Right Black Mountain College Black Mountain College was a highly influential college founded at Black Mountain, North Carolina, USA, in 1933 where teaching was experimental and committed to an interdisciplinary approach The New Vision The New Vision was a photography movement which developed in the 1920s directly related to the principles of the Bauhaus Der Blaue Reiter Der Blaue Reiter was a German expressionist group originating in Munich in 1909 Jikken Kobo (experimental workshop) Founded in Tokyo in 1951, Jikken Kobo (Experimental Workshop) were an interdisciplinary group of artists, musicians, choreographers and poets who were inspired by European and American avant-gardes Industrial design The term industrial design refers to design of mass-produced, machine-made goods Abstract art Abstract art is art that does not attempt to represent an accurate depiction of a visual reality but instead uses shapes, colours, forms and gestural marks to achieve its effect White cube Refers to a certain gallery aesthetic characterised by its square or oblong shape, white walls and a light source usually from the ceiling Explore this term Left Right My house, Bauhaus Peter Fischli Peter Fischli grew up in a Bauhaus home designed by his father Hans Fischli, an artist and architect who had studied in Dessau. He talks to us exclusively about his early years surrounded by the spirit of the Bauhaus; ‘I was fascinated by the way he led his life…He often painted at night, listening to jazz records…At the weekend, students, fellow artists and teachers would come and have parties…I was spellbound.’ Josef Albers, Eva Hesse, and the Imperative of Teaching Jeffrey Saletnik This paper examines affinities between the Bauhaus-indebted instructional methods and practices of Josef Albers and the sculpture of Eva Hesse, his student at Yale University. The author argues that pedagogy affects artistic practice, or that the means or process through which artists are educated contributes to how they approach their work. The genius of colour Victor Moscoso , Gabriel Orozco and Robert Mangold Joseph Albers was one of the finest art teachers of the twentieth century. Victor Moscoso remembers him both as a showman and a master, whose colour classes ‘drove everyone crazy,’ Robert Mangold and Gabriel Orozco admire his work How to spin the colour wheel, by Turner, Malevich and more We take a quick skip through colour theory, and how some of modern art's giants have put it into practice Where abstraction and comics collide Esther Leslie Oskar Fischinger's animated films that were partly influenced by the poetic abstraction of Kandinsky's paintings were among the first to mix high art and mass culture. SELECTED ARTISTS IN THE COLLECTION Left Right Paul Klee 1879–1940 Josef Albers 1888–1976 László Moholy-Nagy 1895–1946 Anni Albers 1899–1994 Wassily Kandinsky 1866–1944 Lucia Moholy 1894–1989 Iwao Yamawaki 1898–1987 Edmund Collein 1906–1992 SELECTED ARTWORKS IN THE COLLECTION Left Right Swinging Wassily Kandinsky 1925 Homeward Josef Albers 1933 View by appointment Bauhaus Student Iwao Yamawaki 1930–2 View by appointment Homage to the Square: Study for Nocturne Josef Albers 1951 Comedy Paul Klee 1921 Untitled (Material Study, Josef Albers’ Preliminary Course, Bauhaus Dessau) Edmund Collein c.1927–30 View by appointment Bauhaus at Tate Left Right Exhibition PAST EVENT The Radical Eye: Modernist Photography from the Sir Elton John Collection Elton John’s unrivalled modernist photography collection comes to Tate Modern Tate Modern 10 Nov 2016 – 21 May 2017 Free Exhibition PAST EVENT The EY Exhibition: Paul Klee – Making Visible See the intense and inventive work of the renowned artist Paul Klee at Tate Modern, until 9 March 2014 Tate Modern 16 Oct 2013 – 9 Mar 2014 Free Exhibition PAST EVENT Albers and Moholy-Nagy: from the Bauhaus to the New World Albers and Moholy-Nagy: from the Bauhaus to the New World pas exhibition at Tate Modern Tate Modern 9 Mar – 4 Jun 2006 Free Exhibition PAST EVENT Kandinsky: The path to abstraction Kandinsky: The path to abstraction; past exhibition at Tate Modern Tate Modern 22 Jun – 1 Oct 2006 Free Close Join inTwitterFacebookYouTubeInstagramPinterest Sign up to emails Sign up to emails Email address This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. 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