Gunta Stölzl
- Introduction
- Gunta Stölzl (5 March 1897 – 22 April 1983) was a German textile artist who played a fundamental role in the development of the Bauhaus school's weaving workshop. As the Bauhaus' only female master she created enormous change within the weaving department as it transitioned from individual pictorial works to modern industrial designs. Her textile work is thought to typify the distinctive style of Bauhaus textiles. She joined the Bauhaus as a student in 1920, became a junior master in 1927 and a full master the next year. She was dismissed for political reasons in 1931, two years before the Bauhaus closed under pressure from the Nazis. The textile department was a neglected part of the Bauhaus when Stölzl began her career, and its active masters were weak on the technical aspects of textile production. She soon became a mentor to other students and reopened the Bauhaus dye studios in 1921. After a brief departure, Stölzl became the school's weaving director in 1925 when it relocated from Weimar to Dessau and expanded the department to increase its weaving and dyeing facilities. She applied ideas from modern art to weaving, experimented with synthetic materials, and improved the department's technical instruction to include courses in mathematics. The Bauhaus weaving workshop became one of its most successful facilities under her direction.
- Wikidata
- Q73085
- Nationalities
- German, Swiss
- Gender
- Female
- Roles
- Artist, Teacher, Weaver, Textile Designer
- Names
- Gunta Stölzl, Gunta Stolzl-Sharon, Adelgunde Stölzl, Gunta Stolzl
- Ulan
- 500048725
Exhibitions
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Taking a Thread for a Walk
Oct 21, 2019–Jan 10, 2021
MoMA
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How Should We Live? Propositions for the Modern Interior
Oct 1, 2016–Apr 23, 2017
MoMA
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Making Music Modern: Design for Ear and Eye
Nov 15, 2014–Jan 18, 2016
MoMA
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Designing Modern Women 1890–1990
Oct 5, 2013–Oct 19, 2014
MoMA
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Bauhaus 1919–1933: Workshops for Modernity
Nov 8, 2009–Jan 25, 2010
MoMA
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Gunta Stölzl has
9 exhibitionsonline.
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Gunta Stölzl Wall Hanging 1924
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Gunta Stölzl Design for Textile 1920-24
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Gunta Stölzl Suit Material 1925
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Gunta Stölzl Upholstery fabric for tubular steel chairs c. 1925
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Gunta Stölzl Upholstery fabric for tubular steel chairs c. 1925
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Gunta Stölzl Upholstery fabric for tubular steel chairs c. 1925
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Gunta Stölzl Drapery Material 1926
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Gunta Stölzl Reversible Coat Material 1926-27
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Gunta Stölzl Design for a Textile c. 1923
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Gunta Stölzl Tablecloth material 1923–1928
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Gunta Stölzl Upholstery fabric for tubular steel chairs 1923–1928
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Gunta Stölzl Reversible Drapery Material 1923-28
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Gunta Stölzl Reversible Coat Material 1923-28
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Gunta Stölzl Reversible Coat Material 1923-28
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Gunta Stölzl Reversible Coat Material 1923-28
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Gunta Stölzl Suit Material c.1925-28
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Gunta Stölzl Suit Material c.1925-28
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Gunta Stölzl Upholstery fabric for tubular steel chairs 1928
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Gunta Stölzl Upholstery fabric for tubular steel chairs 1928
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Gunta Stölzl Upholstery fabric for tubular steel chairs 1928
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Gunta Stölzl Textile Sample for Curtain c. 1927
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Gunta Stölzl Working Drawing for Wall Hanging c. 1924
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Gunta Stölzl Suit Material c.1925-28
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Gunta Stölzl Upholstery fabric for tubular steel chairs c. 1925
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Gunta Stölzl Upholstery fabric for tubular steel chairs c. 1925
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Gunta Stölzl Design for Double-Woven Cloth c. 1925
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Gunta Stölzl Rumba Upholstery Material 1932
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Gunta Stölzl Wainscoting Fabric 1932
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Gunta Stölzl Upholstery Material c. 1926
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Gunta Stölzl Curtain Material for Cinema 1933
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Gunta Stölzl Weaving c.1928
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Gunta Stölzl Waffel Curtain Material for a Photo Studio 1934
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Gunta Stölzl Upholstery fabric for steel chairs 1936
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Gunta Stölzl Upholstery fabric for steel chairs 1936
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Gunta Stölzl Kreise Wainscoting Material for Dancing Pavillion at Swiss Exhibition, Zurich, 1939 1939
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Gunta Stölzl Wainscoting Material 1939
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Gunta Stölzl Spanning Material for Ceiling of Swiss Tea Pavillion in Lyon 1941
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Gunta Stölzl Spanning Material for Radio 1949
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Gunta Stölzl Mural Upholstery Material 1958
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Gunta Stölzl Rips Upholstery Material 1937-1960
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Gunta Stölzl Quadrate Upholstery Material 1937-60
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Gunta Stölzl Fabric Sample c. 1932-66
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Gunta Stölzl Fabric Sample c. 1932-66
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Gunta Stölzl Fabric Sample c. 1932-66
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Gunta Stölzl Fabric Sample c. 1932-66
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Gunta Stölzl Fabric Sample c. 1932-66
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Gunta Stölzl Curtain Material c. 1932-66
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Gunta Stölzl Fabric Sample c. 1932-66
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