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April 1, 1919–March 29, 1925 - Dessau
April 1, 1925–October 1, 1932 - Berlin
October 10, 1932–July 20, 1933
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1919–25 |
Directs the Bauhaus weaving workshop
At location: Georg Muche
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Weimar |
1919–25 |
Teaches graphic art and painting at the Bauhaus
At location: Lyonel Feininger
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Weimar |
1920–23 |
Studies with Johannes Itten and in the metalwork department of the Bauhaus
At location: Gyula Pap
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Weimar |
November 1920–November 1922 |
Apprentices in the Bauhaus Ceramics Studio
At location: Otto Lindig
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Dornburg |
1921–22 |
Directs the Bauhaus Foundation Course
At location: Georg Muche
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Weimar |
Fall 1921–December 1922 |
Studies at the Bauhaus with Johannes Itten, Oskar Schlemmer, Paul Klee, and Vasily Kandinsky
At location: Umbo (Otto Umbehr)
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Weimar |
October 1921–spring 1922 |
Studies in the Bauhaus Foundation Courses, which are taught at the time by Johannes Itten
At location: Herbert Bayer
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Weimar |
1922 |
Begins collaborating with Werner Graeff, a student at the Bauhaus
Affiliated: Hans Richter
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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 |
1923 |
Visits the Bauhaus, Weimar
At location: El Lissitzky
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Weimar |
1923–25 |
Director of the metal workshop at the Bauhaus, Weimar
At location: László Moholy-Nagy
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Weimar |
1923–25 |
Works as a freelance photographer at the Bauhaus, Weimar
At location: Lucia Moholy
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Weimar |
1923 |
Irene Hecht attends a Bauhaus exhibit for the first time and meets Herbert Bayer
At location: Herbert Bayer, Irene Bayer-Hecht
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Weimar |
1923 |
Designs the binding for and contributes drawings to Staatliches Bauhaus in Weimar 1919–1923, the catalogue of the exhibition Kunst und Technik - Eine Neue Einheit
Contributor: Herbert Bayer
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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 |
December 1923 |
László Moholy-Nagy invites Aleksandr Rodchenko to write a brochure on Constructivism for the Bauhaus
At location: László Moholy-Nagy
Affiliated: Aleksandr Rodchenko
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Weimar |
1924 |
Cofounds the group Die Blauen Vier (The Blue Four) at the Bauhaus
At location: Lyonel Feininger
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Weimar |
1924–March 1925 |
Serves as the technical and, shortly thereafter, commercial director of the Bauhaus ceramic workshop
At location: Otto Lindig
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Dornburg |
1925–28 |
Director of the metal workshop at the Bauhaus, Dessau
At location: László Moholy-Nagy
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Dessau |
1925–28 |
Works as a freelance photographer at the Bauhaus, Dessau
At location: Lucia Moholy
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Dessau |
1925–28 |
Irene Bayer-Hecht and Herbert Bayer work together at the Bauhaus. Bayer serves as director of the printing and advertising workshops
Bayer-Hecht would often develop and enlarge Bayer's photographs. During this period Bayer establishes lowercase as the house style.
At location: Herbert Bayer, Irene Bayer-Hecht
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Dessau |
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 |
1925–26 |
Teaches graphic art and painting at the Bauhaus
At location: Lyonel Feininger
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Dessau |
1925–26 |
Commissioned by Walter Gropius to photograph the new Bauhaus buildings and the Masters' Houses
At location: Lucia Moholy
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Dessau |
1926–27 |
Makes a series of portraits of Bauhaus students and teachers
At location: Lucia Moholy
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Dessau |
Late 1920s |
Franz Roh travels to the Bauhaus; László Moholy-Nagy encourages him to experiment and create his own photographs
At location: László Moholy-Nagy, Franz Roh
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Dessau |
April 1926–October 1928 |
Heinz Loew studies at the Bauhaus, where he takes a course taught by László Moholy-Nagy
At location: László Moholy-Nagy, Heinz Loew
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Dessau |
October 1926–January 1929 |
Lotte Beese studies with Josef Albers and Gunta Stölz at the Bauhaus
At location: Lotte (Charlotte) Beese
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Dessau |
November 1926 |
Works at the Bauhaus
At location: Johan Niegeman
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Dessau |
1927 |
Meets Alfred Barr, Jr., at the Bauhaus
At location: Herbert Bayer
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Dessau |
1927 |
César Domela-Nieuwenhuis visits the Bauhaus and meets László Moholy-Nagy and Lucia Moholy
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Dessau |
April 1, 1927–March 31, 1928 |
Master of Architecture at the Bauhaus, Dessau
At location: Hannes Meyer
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Dessau |
April 1927–October 1928 |
Erich Comeriner studies at the Bauhaus, taking courses in the advertising department with Herbert Bayer
At location: Herbert Bayer, Erich Comeriner
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Dessau |
April–July 1927 |
Florence Henri studies at the Bauhaus, where she takes the Foundation Course with László Moholy-Nagy and becomes close friends with Lucia Moholy
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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 |
1927 |
Cofounds the Bauhaus sculpture workshop with Joost Schmidt
At location: Heinz Loew
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Dessau |
October 1927–October 1930 |
Edmund Collein studies at the Bauhaus and takes the Foundation Course with László Moholy-Nagy
At location: László Moholy-Nagy, Edmund Collein
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Dessau |
1928 |
Creates the photomontage cover of Bauhaus Zeitschrift
At location: Herbert Bayer
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Dessau |
1928 |
Begins photographing, using a darkroom in the basement of the master's house
At location: Lyonel Feininger
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Dessau |
April 1, 1928–August 1, 1930 |
Director of the Bauhaus, Dessau
At location: Hannes Meyer
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Dessau |
November 1928–1930 |
Teaches at the Bauhaus
At location: Johan Niegeman
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Dessau |
1929 |
Group exhibition at the Bauhaus
Participant: Karl Blossfeldt
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Dessau |
1929 |
Marries Bauhausler Hubert Hoffmann
At location: Irene Hoffmann
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Dessau |
January 1929 |
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner gives Walser a brochure for the Bauhaus; Walser writes in a letter that the Bauhaus "interests me very much"
At location: Andreas Walser
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Paris |
April–July 1929 |
Lotte Beese works in the office of Hannes Meyer
At location: Lotte (Charlotte) Beese, Hannes Meyer
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Dessau |
April 1929–1932 |
Appointed first head of the photography department at the Bauhaus
At location: Walter A. Peterhans
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Dessau |
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 |
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 |
1930 |
Lectures at the Bauhaus
At location: Hans Richter
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Dessau |
Spring 1930–1932 |
Hajo Rose studies photography with Walter Peterhans and advertising at the Bauhaus
At location: Walter A. Peterhans, Hajo Rose
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Dessau |
Summer 1930–Summer 1932 |
Studies Construction and Development at the Bauhaus
At location: Iwao Yamawaki
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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 |
1930–32 |
Irene Hoffmann studies advertising with Joost Schmidt and photography with Walter Peterhans
At location: Walter A. Peterhans, Irene Hoffmann
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Dessau |
Winter 1930–1931 |
Photographs her half-brother T. Lux Feininger in his Bauhaus studio
At location: Lore Feininger
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Dessau |
1931 |
Solo exhibition of paintings, drawings, and work in other mediums at the Bauhaus
Participant: Herbert Bayer
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Dessau |
1931 |
Jaromír Funke corresponds with and sends photographs to Walter Peterhans
At location: Jaromír Funke
Affiliated: Walter A. Peterhans
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Prague |
January 23, 1931 |
Delivers the lecture "Die Entwicklungslinie des Films" at the Bauhaus
At location: Raoul Hausmann
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Dessau |
1932–48 |
Moves to East Germany when the Bauhaus closes. Buys a Leica and sets up a photography lab in her house
At location: Gertrud Arndt
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Probstzella |
1932–36 |
Cofounds advertising and exhibition design studio Studio Z with other Bauhaus alumni
At location: Heinz Loew
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Berlin |
1932–Spring 1933 |
Teaches at the Bauhaus
At location: Walter A. Peterhans
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Berlin |
October 1932 |
Horacio Coppola meets Bauhaus student Grete Stern, who introduces him to Walter Peterhans
At location: Walter A. Peterhans, Horacio Coppola
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Berlin |
1932–33 |
Irene Hoffmann studies advertising with Joost Schmidt and photography with Walter Peterhans
At location: Walter A. Peterhans, Irene Hoffmann
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Berlin |
1932–March 1933 |
Hajo Rose studies photography with Walter Peterhans and advertising at the Bauhaus
At location: Walter A. Peterhans, Hajo Rose
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Berlin |
October 1932–April 1933 |
Attends the Bauhaus; makes photographs with a 9 x 12" plate camera
At location: Horacio Coppola
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Berlin |
December 7, 1938–January 30, 1939 |
Bauhaus: 1919–1928 at The Museum of Modern Art
Designer: Herbert Bayer
Participant: Florence Henri, László Moholy-Nagy
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New York |
Walther Artists
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Apprentice
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Otto Lindig German 1895 -1966
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Auditor
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Max Burchartz German 1887 -1961
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Horacio Coppola Argentine 1906 -2012
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Instructor
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Herbert Bayer American 1900 -1985
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Lyonel Feininger American 1871 -1956
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Hannes Meyer Swiss 1889 -1954
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László Moholy-Nagy American 1895 -1946
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Georg Muche German 1895 -1987
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Johan Niegeman Dutch 1902 -1977
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Walter A. Peterhans American 1897 -1960
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Spouse
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Lucia Moholy British 1894 -1989
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Student
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Gertrud Arndt German 1903 -2000
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Herbert Bayer American 1900 -1985
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Irene Bayer-Hecht American 1898 -1991
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Lotte (Charlotte) Beese German 1903 -1988
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Paul Citroen Dutch 1896 -1983
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Edmund Collein German 1906 -1992
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Erich Comeriner German 1907 -1978
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Florence Henri Swiss 1893 -1982
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Irene Hoffmann German 1903 -1971
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Heinz Loew German 1903 -1981
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Hajo Rose German 1910 -1989
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Umbo (Otto Umbehr) German 1902 -1980
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Iwao Yamawaki Japanese 1898 -1987
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