Where Form Meets Function

The other day on the radio I heard that MOMA, or the Museum of Modern Art in New York city,

is having a show on the German art and design school called Bauhaus. I thought it was a good opportunity

to relate the Bauhaus design movement to some of the Bauhaus replica pieces we have in the shop.

Bauhaus Academy

Principles of Teaching at Bauhaus

L-R: Josef L_R Josef Albers, Hinnerk Scheper, Georg Muche, László Moholy-Nagy, Herbert Bayer, Joost Schmidt, Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, Vassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Lyonel Feininger, Gunta Stölzl and Oskar Schlemmer

A Brief History

In the year 1919, the Bauhaus school was founded in Germany by architects Walter Gropias

and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Exixsting between the World Wars, the mantra

"form meets function" was it's foundational ideal. Over time, Bauhaus became one of the most

influential facets of Modernist design, art and architecture. Below is a visual

list of some of its most celebrated creations and creators.

Wassily Kandinsky                                                                                                                                                                               Paul Klee

Transverse Line, 1923                                                                                                                                                                        They're Biting, 1920

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe                                                                                                                                                    Marcel Breuer

Barcelona, Model No. MR90, 1929                                                                                                                                      No. B3, Wassily Model 1925-1927

Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret & Charlotte Perriand                                                                                                     Grand Confort, Model No. LC2, 1928  

Model No. B306, 1928                                                                                                                            

Although prolific, the Bauhaus academy had a short life span and was shut down by

 the Nazi Regime in 1933. However, in addition to the broad influence on other modernist movements,

many of the original pieces still exist, and several have been in reproduction or replicated throughout

the decades. Keep an eye out looking through our web pages for our Bauhaus replica pieces and influences!

-Erika 12/16/09