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Georg Muche
German
1895–1987
About the Artist
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Lucia Moholy. Georg Muche. 1927. Gelatin silver print, 8 7/8 x 6 7/8" (22.6 x 17.5 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell. Digital image: © The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Art Resource, NY. © 2014 Lucia Moholy Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Meeting Points
- Cultural Hubs Berlin
- Schools Bauhaus, 1919–33
- Publications Malerei, Photographie, Film, 1925
Artist Chronology
| May 8, 1895 |
Born
At location: Georg Muche
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Querfurt |
| 1913 |
Studies at the School for Painting and the Graphic Arts
At location: Georg Muche
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Munich |
| 1915–22 |
Raoul Hausmann lives with Hannah Höch, with whom he has a romantic relationship. He meets avant-garde artists Georg Muche and Hans Richter
At location: Raoul Hausmann
Affiliated: Georg Muche, Hans Richter
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Berlin |
| 1915 |
Continues his painting studies; meets Herwarth Walden
At location: Georg Muche
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Berlin |
| 1916–20 |
Teaches painting at Der Sturm art school
At location: Georg Muche
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Berlin |
| 1916–20 |
Participates in exhibitions at Der Sturm Galerie
Participant: Georg Muche
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Berlin |
| 1917–18 |
Serves in the military
At location: Georg Muche
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Germany |
| 1918 |
Exhibition at the Gallery Dada
Participant: Georg Muche
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Zürich |
| 1919–25 |
Directs the Bauhaus weaving workshop
At location: Georg Muche
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Weimar |
| 1921–22 |
Directs the Bauhaus Foundation Course
At location: Georg Muche
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Weimar |
| 1922–24 |
On Georg Muche's advice, Paul Citroen enrolls at the Bauhaus
At location: Paul Citroen
Affiliated: Georg Muche
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Weimar |
| July–October 1923 |
Austellung des Staatlichen Bauhauses, the first public exhibition of the Bauhaus school
Organizer: Paul Citroen, Georg Muche
Participant: Paul Citroen
Visitor: Gertrud Arndt
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Weimar |
| 1923–25 |
Gertrud Arndt studies in the Bauhaus Foundation Course with László Moholy-Nagy. After one year Georg Muche persuades her to join the textile workshop
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Weimar |
| 1924 |
Travels to the United States on a study trip
At location: Georg Muche
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New York |
| 1925 |
László Moholy-Nagy publishes Malerei, Photographie, Film
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Munich |
| 1925–27 |
Gertrud Arndt studies with Georg Muche in the textile workshop
At location: Georg Muche, Gertrud Arndt
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Dessau |
| 1925–27 |
Director of the Bauhaus weaving workshop
At location: Georg Muche
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Dessau |
| 1927–30 |
Teaches at Kunstschule Johannes Itten
At location: Georg Muche
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| 1929 |
10 Jahre Novembergruppe at Lehrter Station
Organizer: Georg Muche
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Berlin |
| May–July 1929 |
Gas und Wasser exhibition of photomontages and photographs from Bauhaus Dessau
Designer: Georg Muche, Heinz Loew
Participant: Walter A. Peterhans, Sasha Stone
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Dessau |
| 1931–33 |
Teaches at the Staatliche Akademie für Kunst und Kunstgewerbe
He is dismissed by the National Socialists in 1933.
At location: Georg Muche
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Breslau |
| 1933–38 |
Teaches at the Schule für Kunst und Werk
At location: Georg Muche
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Berlin |
| 1935 |
Karl Nierendorf hires Werner Rohde to make portraits of his gallery's artists, including Georg Muche
At location: Georg Muche, Werner Rohde
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Berlin |
| July 19–November 30, 1937 |
Entartete Kunst at the Institute of Archeology in the Hofgarten
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Munich |
| 1939–58 |
Artistic director of the master class for textile art at the Textile-Engineering School
At location: Georg Muche
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Krefeld |
| 1940s |
Works with Oskar Schlemmer and Willi Baumeister at the Institut für Malstoffe
At location: Georg Muche
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Wuppertal |
| July 15–September 18, 1955 |
First Documenta exhibition
Participant: Georg Muche
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Kassel |
| March 26, 1987 |
Dies
At location: Georg Muche
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Lindau |
