About the School

  • Robert Petschow. The Bauhaus Seen from the South. (Das Bauhaus von Süden gesehen). 1926. Gelatin silver print, 3 5/16 x 4 1/2" (8.4 x 11.4 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Funds from various donors. Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Image source: Art Resource, NY

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Iwao Yamawaki. Untitled. 1931. Gelatin silver print, 1931–35, 8 11/16 × 6 1/2" (22 × 16.5 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Abbott-Levy Collection funds, by exchange (MoMA 1914.2001). © Makoto Yamawaki

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1919–25
Directs the Bauhaus weaving workshop
At location: Georg Muche
Weimar
1919–25
Teaches graphic art and painting at the Bauhaus
At location: Lyonel Feininger
Weimar
1920–23
Studies with Johannes Itten and in the metalwork department of the Bauhaus
At location: Gyula Pap
Weimar
November 1920–November 1922
Apprentices in the Bauhaus Ceramics Studio
At location: Otto Lindig
Dornburg
1921–22
Directs the Bauhaus Foundation Course
At location: Georg Muche
Weimar
Fall 1921–December 1922
Studies at the Bauhaus with Johannes Itten, Oskar Schlemmer, Paul Klee, and Vasily Kandinsky
At location: Umbo (Otto Umbehr)
Weimar
October 1921–spring 1922
Studies in the Bauhaus Foundation Courses, which are taught at the time by Johannes Itten
At location: Herbert Bayer
Weimar
1922
Begins collaborating with Werner Graeff, a student at the Bauhaus
Affiliated: Hans Richter
Weimar
1922–24
On Georg Muche's advice, Paul Citroen enrolls at the Bauhaus
At location: Paul Citroen
Affiliated: Georg Muche
Weimar
1923
Visits the Bauhaus, Weimar
At location: El Lissitzky
Weimar
1923–25
Director of the metal workshop at the Bauhaus, Weimar
At location: László Moholy-Nagy
Weimar
1923–25
Works as a freelance photographer at the Bauhaus, Weimar
At location: Lucia Moholy
Weimar
1923
Irene Hecht attends a Bauhaus exhibit for the first time and meets Herbert Bayer
At location: Herbert Bayer, Irene Bayer-Hecht
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
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
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
At location: László Moholy-Nagy, Georg Muche, Gertrud Arndt
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
Weimar
1924
Cofounds the group Die Blauen Vier (The Blue Four) at the Bauhaus
At location: Lyonel Feininger
Weimar
1924–March 1925
Serves as the technical and, shortly thereafter, commercial director of the Bauhaus ceramic workshop
At location: Otto Lindig
Dornburg
1925–28
Director of the metal workshop at the Bauhaus, Dessau
At location: László Moholy-Nagy
Dessau
1925–28
Works as a freelance photographer at the Bauhaus, Dessau
At location: Lucia Moholy
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
Dessau
1925–27
Gertrud Arndt studies with Georg Muche in the textile workshop
At location: Georg Muche, Gertrud Arndt
Dessau
1925–27
Director of the Bauhaus weaving workshop
At location: Georg Muche
Dessau
1925–26
Teaches graphic art and painting at the Bauhaus
At location: Lyonel Feininger
Dessau
1925–26
Commissioned by Walter Gropius to photograph the new Bauhaus buildings and the Masters' Houses
At location: Lucia Moholy
Dessau
1926–27
Makes a series of portraits of Bauhaus students and teachers
At location: Lucia Moholy
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
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
Dessau
October 1926–January 1929
Lotte Beese studies with Josef Albers and Gunta Stölz at the Bauhaus
At location: Lotte (Charlotte) Beese
Dessau
November 1926
Works at the Bauhaus
At location: Johan Niegeman
Dessau
1927
Meets Alfred Barr, Jr., at the Bauhaus
At location: Herbert Bayer
Dessau
1927
César Domela-Nieuwenhuis visits the Bauhaus and meets László Moholy-Nagy and Lucia Moholy
At location: César Domela-Nieuwenhuis, László Moholy-Nagy, Lucia Moholy
Dessau
April 1, 1927–March 31, 1928
Master of Architecture at the Bauhaus, Dessau
At location: Hannes Meyer
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
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
At location: Florence Henri, László Moholy-Nagy, Lucia Moholy
Dessau
1927–29
Lotte Beese studies at the Bauhaus with Hannes Meyer
At location: Lotte (Charlotte) Beese, Hannes Meyer
Dessau
1927
Cofounds the Bauhaus sculpture workshop with Joost Schmidt
At location: Heinz Loew
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
Dessau
1928
Creates the photomontage cover of Bauhaus Zeitschrift
At location: Herbert Bayer
Dessau
1928
Begins photographing, using a darkroom in the basement of the master's house
At location: Lyonel Feininger
Dessau
April 1, 1928–August 1, 1930
Director of the Bauhaus, Dessau
At location: Hannes Meyer
Dessau
November 1928–1930
Teaches at the Bauhaus
At location: Johan Niegeman
Dessau
1929
Group exhibition at the Bauhaus
Participant: Karl Blossfeldt
Dessau
1929
Marries Bauhausler Hubert Hoffmann
At location: Irene Hoffmann
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
Paris
April–July 1929
Lotte Beese works in the office of Hannes Meyer
At location: Lotte (Charlotte) Beese, Hannes Meyer
Dessau
April 1929–1932
Appointed first head of the photography department at the Bauhaus
At location: Walter A. Peterhans
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
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
Dessau
1930
Lectures at the Bauhaus
At location: Hans Richter
Dessau
Spring 1930–1932
Hajo Rose studies photography with Walter Peterhans and advertising at the Bauhaus
At location: Walter A. Peterhans, Hajo Rose
Dessau
Summer 1930–Summer 1932
Studies Construction and Development at the Bauhaus
At location: Iwao Yamawaki
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
Dessau
1930–32
Irene Hoffmann studies advertising with Joost Schmidt and photography with Walter Peterhans
At location: Walter A. Peterhans, Irene Hoffmann
Dessau
Winter 1930–1931
Photographs her half-brother T. Lux Feininger in his Bauhaus studio
At location: Lore Feininger
Dessau
1931
Solo exhibition of paintings, drawings, and work in other mediums at the Bauhaus
Participant: Herbert Bayer
Dessau
1931
Jaromír Funke corresponds with and sends photographs to Walter Peterhans
At location: Jaromír Funke
Affiliated: Walter A. Peterhans
Prague
January 23, 1931
Delivers the lecture "Die Entwicklungslinie des Films" at the Bauhaus
At location: Raoul Hausmann
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
Probstzella
1932–36
Cofounds advertising and exhibition design studio Studio Z with other Bauhaus alumni
At location: Heinz Loew
Berlin
1932–Spring 1933
Teaches at the Bauhaus
At location: Walter A. Peterhans
Berlin
October 1932
Horacio Coppola meets Bauhaus student Grete Stern, who introduces him to Walter Peterhans
At location: Walter A. Peterhans, Horacio Coppola
Berlin
1932–33
Irene Hoffmann studies advertising with Joost Schmidt and photography with Walter Peterhans
At location: Walter A. Peterhans, Irene Hoffmann
Berlin
1932–March 1933
Hajo Rose studies photography with Walter Peterhans and advertising at the Bauhaus
At location: Walter A. Peterhans, Hajo Rose
Berlin
October 1932–April 1933
Attends the Bauhaus; makes photographs with a 9 x 12" plate camera
At location: Horacio Coppola
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
New York

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