Bauhaus fans often make their way to Dessau to see the original Bauhaus School and the four reconstructed Meisterhäuser
THE STORY OF the Bauhaus has been told many times in its centenary year. The groundbreaking school of art and design was founded in Germany in 1919 by Walter Gropius, an architect fond of simple constructions, and its influence can be seen in buildings from Chicago to Sydney. Yet the Bauhaus only lasted 14 years.
The opening of the Bauhaus Museum Dessau on September 8th was the last major event marking the anniversary. Roberto Gonzalez and Addenda Architects won a competition in 2015 to design the building, and they have created something stylishly straightforward out of steel, glass and concrete. Mr Gonzalez says he particularly admires the work of Mies van der Rohe, the last director of the school, who is known for his aphorism that “less is more”.
The centrepiece of the collection in Weimar is a donation that Gropius made to the city, mostly of furniture and items for children. The Dessau museum, meanwhile, focuses on the experimental creative process of the. The inaugural exhibition explores the prosperous and productive years of the Bauhaus in Dessau under the direction of Gropius , Hannes Meyer and van der Rohe .
Thanks to its acquisition in 1976 of a comprehensive collection of studies, photographs and sketches, the Bauhaus Museum Dessau is displaying many historical documents which have not been seen in their entirety in public before. There are diaries, books and collages on show which survey the inception of consumer goods such as the Wassily Chair, designed by Marcel Breuer in 1925-26, and the Weißenhof armchair designed by van der Rohe in 1927.
Bauhaus fans often make their way to Dessau to see the original Bauhaus School and the four reconstructed—cubic houses built for the leaders of the movement and occupied at various points by Gropius, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Lionel Feininger, Oskar Schlemmer, Georg Muche, Kandinsky and Paul Klee. This new museum is a worthy stop on the tour, with a wide array of objects and information.
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