Marcel Breuer, Cesca Chair, 1928. Photo by Ágnes Mezösi
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The name „Wassily Chair“ comes from the Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky, who was Breuer’s close friend and colleague at the Bauhaus. It is often reported that Kandinsky admired the chair when he saw it during a visit to Breuer’s studio and Breuer gave him a chair as a gift.
BAUHAUS WASSILY CHAIR
Marcel Breuer • 1925
K A N D I N S K Y
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Theo van Doesburg. The large pastoral two-part stained glass window, in Drachten, Netherlands, 1921/22.
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All you need to know about Mondrian
More than a century old but still absolutely modern. Built in 1913, the Fagus Factory was designed by Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius and architect Adolf Meyer. The brick and glass project is located in Germany and is considered an influential work of early modernism. Photo by Sina Ettmer
BAUHAUS TYPOGRAPHY
An unprecedented look at the school’s typography and print design, from its early expressive tendencies to the functional modernism for which it is famed today.
“Bauhaus and National Socialism” explores how Bauhaus artists navigated the complexities of the National Socialist regime, revealing their diverse responses and involvements during this turbulent period.
The exhibition “Bauhaus and National Socialism” is dedicated to the tensions, ruptures and interdependencies between the Bauhaus and the rise of National Socialism. © BOROS
A NEW ERA shows how Bauhaus once promoted new ideas and equality, but faced resistance along the way. It’s a reminder that social change often has to be fought for against existing structures. It’s a great example of how we can learn from the past and keep the dialogue about progress going today.
The series sheds light not only on artistic and architectural developments, but also on the struggle for gender equality and the challenges that women had to face in the art world at the time.
Wassily Kandinsky Selfie
The Bauhaus group from left- Lyonel Feininger, Wassily Kandinsky, Oskar Schlemmer, Georg Muche and Paul Klee in 1925.