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Hannes Meyer
Swiss
1889–1954
About the Artist
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Unknown photographer. Portrait of Hannes Meyer. 1938. Gelatin silver print, 4 11/16 x 5" (11.9 x 13.2 cm). Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin - Alternate Name(s) Hans Emil Meyer (Birth Name)
Meeting Points
- Cultural Hubs Mexico City Moscow
- Schools Bauhaus, 1919–33 Slovak Bauhaus, 1928–39
- Publications Das deutsche Lichtbild, 1927–38
Artist Chronology
| November 18, 1889 |
Born
At location: Hannes Meyer
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Basel |
| 1905–13 |
Studies architecture and urban planning
At location: Hannes Meyer
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Berlin England Basel |
| 1914–16 |
Serves as a soldier in the Swiss army
At location: Hannes Meyer
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Jura |
| 1916–19 |
Works as an office manager for the architect Georg Metzendorf
At location: Hannes Meyer
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Munich |
| 1919–27 |
Establishes an architectural practice
At location: Hannes Meyer
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Basel |
| 1924–28 |
Hannes Meyer and El Lissitzky found and contribute to the architectural magazine ABC Beiträge zum Bauen
Contributor: El Lissitzky, Hannes Meyer
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Basel |
| 1926 |
Publishes the article "Die neue Welt" in Das Werk vol. 13, no. 7
Contributor: Hannes Meyer
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Zurich |
| April 1, 1927–March 31, 1928 |
Master of Architecture at the Bauhaus, Dessau
At location: Hannes Meyer
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Dessau |
| 1927–29 |
Lotte Beese studies at the Bauhaus with Hannes Meyer
At location: Lotte (Charlotte) Beese, Hannes Meyer
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Dessau |
| February 12–March 5, 1928 |
Foto – Malerei – Architektur at Kunstschule Johannes Itten
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Berlin |
| March–Summer 1928 |
Johan Niegeman works in Hannes Meyer's architectural office
At location: Hannes Meyer, Johan Niegeman
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Berlin |
| April 1, 1928–August 1, 1930 |
Director of the Bauhaus, Dessau
At location: Hannes Meyer
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Dessau |
| June 1928 |
Founding member of CIRPAC, the executive body of the International Congresses of Modern Architecture
At location: Hannes Meyer
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La Sarraz |
| April–July 1929 |
Lotte Beese works in the office of Hannes Meyer
At location: Lotte (Charlotte) Beese, Hannes Meyer
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Dessau |
| 1929–32 |
At Hannes Meyer's invitation, Gertrud Arndt's husband Alfred teaches at the Bauhaus. She begins photographing more frequently.
At location: Hannes Meyer, Gertrud Arndt
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Dessau |
| August 1, 1930 |
Fired from his position at the Bauhaus, Dessau, on the grounds that he had allowed Communist student organizations to grow
At location: Hannes Meyer
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Dessau |
| 1930–36 |
Teaches at WASI, a Soviet academy for architecture and civil engineering, and designs projects throughout the USSR
At location: Hannes Meyer
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Moscow |
| 1936–38 |
Lives and works on projects in Switzerland
At location: Hannes Meyer
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Switzerland |
| 1938 |
Travels to the United States and Mexico to participate in the International Urbanism Congress and the Congress of International Democracy
At location: Hannes Meyer
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Mexico United States |
| 1939–41 |
Director of the new Institute for Urban Planning and Development at the National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico City. The Institute closes in 1941
At location: Hannes Meyer
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Mexico City |
| 1941–49 |
Practices as a private architect
At location: Hannes Meyer
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Mexico City |
| 1949–54 |
Lives in Switzerland
At location: Hannes Meyer
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Switzerland |
| July 19, 1954 |
Dies
At location: Hannes Meyer
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Switzerland |
