The school was founded in Germany (1919). The inspiration came from Weimer and Walter Gropious who founded the cultural art. This school offered several types of workshops, metal/wood sculpture, glass painting, weaving, pottery, furniture, cabinet making, three-dimensional work, typography, wall painting, and some others. The use of abstraction and idealism created use of renewal with art.
The school created of different architect-directors: Walter Gropius (1919 - 1928) , Hannes Meyer (1928 - 1930), and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1930 - 1933), when the school was closed by its own leadership under pressure from the Nazi regime. Through changes of directors, came different paths of focus, technique, instructors, and politics. The school often shifted it classes pertaining to focus on academics to art, and being vocational to private school. However when the Nazis showed up, the artists had to relocate their idealism into one joint effort to escape the evil control and harness their skills.
During Nazi control in government, in 1933. The art institute was closed down. However this caused a big shift with artists from the institute fleeing Europe (fear of expression) to the land of freedom (The United States). This created a future role for the U.S being a power country within the art movements.
The school created of different architect-directors: Walter Gropius (1919 - 1928) , Hannes Meyer (1928 - 1930), and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1930 - 1933), when the school was closed by its own leadership under pressure from the Nazi regime. Through changes of directors, came different paths of focus, technique, instructors, and politics. The school often shifted it classes pertaining to focus on academics to art, and being vocational to private school. However when the Nazis showed up, the artists had to relocate their idealism into one joint effort to escape the evil control and harness their skills.
During Nazi control in government, in 1933. The art institute was closed down. However this caused a big shift with artists from the institute fleeing Europe (fear of expression) to the land of freedom (The United States). This created a future role for the U.S being a power country within the art movements.
*Model/Picture for the March of Dead, by Walter Gropius, 1922. A famous piece for the Bauhaus.
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