Exhibition flyer (English) - Das Bauhaus kommt aus Weimar

the bauhaus
comes fro m
weimar
1 april–5 july
bauhaus museum
neues museum weimar
schiller museum
goethe national museum
house am horn
www.das-bauhaus-kommt.de

the bauhaus
comes f r o m
weimar
On the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the foundation
of the State Bauhaus Weimar, the Klassik Stiftung Weimar is
presenting a large overview exhibition on the early years of
the legendary school of design. Founded in Weimar in April of
1919 by its fi rst director, Walter Gropius, the Bauhaus remained
in the city of the classics until the end of March 1925. In the
advent of restrictive politics, it moved to Dessau and later to
Berlin, where it was closed in 1933 under the pressure of the
National Socialists.
In the few years of its existence, the Bauhaus became the most
important and infl uential design academy of the 20th century.
Its innovative approaches and impulses can still be felt today.
The world of design developed at the Bauhaus infl uences art
and everyday life, design and architecture in multifarious ways
up to the present day. Many Bauhaus objects belong to the classics
of 20th century design and were already developed during
the Weimar phase of the Bauhaus, between 1919 and 1925. The
central idea of the jubilee exhibition is to portray Weimar as
a laboratory, in which advanced thinking took place that was
then fulfi lled in the subsequent Bauhaus locations of Dessau
and Berlin, and which in the end found world-wide acceptance.
The exhibition presents well known and less known facets of
the early Bauhaus in detail at fi ve diKerent locations in Weimar,
among which, the works from the school workshops are
presented as a highlight. After expressive beginnings, the
transition to design took place there. Masterpieces of visual art
by famous Bauhaus masters such as Lyonel Feininger, Wassily
Kandinsky, Johannes Itten, Paul Klee, Laszló Moholy-Nagy or
Oskar Schlemmer can be seen as well as benchmark-setting and
innovative stage projects and experiments that were developed
together with the stage workshop of the Bauhaus.
The most brillant works from international collections are dis -
played, among others from the Museum of Modern Art and
the Metropolitan Museum in New York. The Bauhaus Archive
in Berlin supported this project in an exceptional way with its
loans, as well as the theatre studies collection of the Cologne
University.

information & introduction
to the exhibition themes
bauhaus museum
The Bauhaus Museum serves as a central reception, introduction
and information area for the exhibition. A walk-in panorama
picture and an introductory fi lm oKer K insights about the
history of the Weimar Republic and the Bauhaus.
Paul Klee
Idea and Structure of the Bauhaus, 1922
Bauhaus Archive, Berlin
Unknown
The life at the Weimar Bauhaus:
members of the Bauhaus and
guests, around 1922
Bauhaus-Archive Berlin

masterpieces of the
bauhaus artists in weimar
goethe national museum
Painting, sculpture, graphic art and photography are shown
in the Goethe National Museum. Masterpieces by Gerhard
Marks, Lyonel Feininger, Johannes Itten, Georg Muche, Lothar
Schreyer, Paul Klee, Oskar Schlemmer, Wassily Kandinsky and
Lásló Moholy-Nagy demonstrate the complex nature of the
Bauhaus. In addition, a section on the studies of metamorphosis
and colours makes clear that the close examination of form
and colours spans from Goethe to Klee.
Paul Klee
Dancing couple, 1923, 126
Art Museum St. Gallen
Gift of Erna and Curt Burgauer,
Küsnacht 1987
László Moholy-Nagy
Nickel sculpture, 1921
The Museum of Modern Art, New York,
Gift of Mrs. Sibyl Moholy-Nagy, 1956
Johannes Itten
Colour sphere in 7 light stages
and 12 tones, 1921
Klassik Stiftung Weimar

on the way to design.
bauhaus workshops in weimar
neues museum
Many of the products developed by the Bauhaus went down in
design history. The Vorkurs (preliminary course) and the study
of design and crafting laid the foundation for the works created
in the workshops. Henry van de Velde’s School of Arts & Crafts
was the predecessor that gave the impulse for new approaches
of product design in Weimar. The exhibition in the Neues
Museum deals with the workshops, the “Life at the Bauhaus”
and the history of the foundation of the school. Products of the
workshops for ceramics, metal, textiles , sculpture, weaving,
printing, murals and bookbinding can be seen.
»bauhaus meets bauhaus...
and builds itself a cinema«
neues museum (basement)
Exhibition room »marke.6« of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
The exhibition combines the presentation of fi lm experiments
and architectural cinema designs by the students
of the historical Bauhaus with works by
present-day artists and designers.
www.markepunktsechs.de
Peter Keler
Child’s cradle, 1922
Klassik Stiftung Weimar
Wilhelm Wagenfeld
Table lamp (Glass version MT9/ME1), 1923/24
Klassik Stiftung Weimar

play, parties and stage
at the bauhaus
s chiller museum
Experimenting and socializing were important parts of life at
the Bauhaus. Visions and utopias found expression on stage
as well as at imaginative parties. The stage designs by Lothar
Schreyer, examples of student works on the “Mechanical
Ballet” and on the marionette stage, stage designs by Oscar
Schlemmer and Wassily Kandinsky as well as utopian stage
projects by László Moholy-Nagy, including the contemporary
translation, and conceptions for theatre spaces by Walter
Gropius and Andor Weininger can be seen.
Wassily Kandinsky
Pictures at an Exhibition
Stage design for scene XVI: The great gate of Kiev, ca. 1930
Theaterwissenschaftliche Sammlung, University of Cologne
Karl Peter Röhl
Three Puppet Heads
(Court usher, Doctor, Death), around 1920
Klassik Stiftung Weimar

from the idea of the bauhaus
settlement to the house am horn
h ouse am ho rn
In Cooperation with the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
and the Friends of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar e.V.
The House Am Horn designed by Georg Muche, was built in 1923
in cooperation with all the Bauhaus workshops and is deemed
to be the earliest maintained specimen of Bauhaus architecture.
The exhibition shows plans for the House Am Horn and deals
with the study of architecture at the Bauhaus in Weimar from
1919 to 1925.
architecture. exhibitions at the
early bauhaus in weimar
o berlic hts aal in the main bu ilding
of the bauhaus-universität
An exhibition by the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
26 June until 13 September 2009
In the Oberlichtsaal l of the Bauhaus University two of the most
important historical presentations of modern architecture
will be shown: the “Exhibition of Unknown Architects” by the
Arbeits rat für Kunst t (Workers’ Council for Art) shown in 1919 and
the “International Architecture Exhibition 1923” shown in the
course of the Bauhaus Week 1923.
www.uni-weimar.de/bauhaus09
Walter Gropius
Bauhaus Director’s Ogce, 1923
View of the room
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Georg Muche/ Gropius’ Architectural Firm
House Am Horn, Weimar, view from NW
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

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belvederer allee
1 Bauhaus Museum
2 Neues Museum Weimar
3 Schiller Museum
4 Goethe National Museum
5 House Am Horn
6 Former School of Art and Design and Bauhaus-Mensa
7 House High Poplars
8 Nietzsche Archive
9 Tempelherrenhaus
10 German National Theatre Weimar
11 Zum Ilmschlösschen
12 Märzgefallenen Memorial
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park on the ilm
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Alma SiedhoK-Buscher
Kleines SchiKbauspiel, um 1923
Klassik Stiftung Weimar,
Leihgabe L. SiedhoK

7 jena
bauhaus locations
There are traces of the e Bauhaus masters and their students in
many locations in Weeimar.
The fi rst director of the State Bauhaus
Weimar, Walter Grop pius, designed the memorial plaque mounted
on the German Nati ional Theatre in honour of the Weimar Con-
stitution, as well ass
the Memorial for the “Märzgefallenen” at the
Central Cemetery. . In addition, he designed the director’s ogce
in the Art School building b in 1923 (now the main building of the
Bauhaus-Universi ität t).
The wall paintin ngs in the side stairwell of the building are by Herbert
Bayer and demonstrate d
principles of form and colour taught
at the Bauhaus s. The Tempelherrenhaus (Temple Lords’ House) in
the Park on thhe
river Ilm served as an atelier for Johannes Itten,
and Joseph Albers Al taught the introductory course from 1923 until
1925 in the Reithaus Re (Stable House).
The House AAm
Horn was built in 1923, including the participation
of all the Bauhaus Ba workshops and is seen as the earliest preserved
example of o Bauhaus architecture. Most of the Bauhaus festivities
and social al events took place in the restaurant Zum Ilmschlösschen.
The Hou use High Poplars as well as the interior of the Nietzsche
Archive e were designed by Henry van de Velde, an important
forefath ther of the Bauhaus. In 1919, the Bauhaus moved into the
buildin ngs he designed for the School of Art and Applied Art.
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Alma SiedhoK-Buscher
Small ship building toy, around 1923 (Reproduction)
Klassik Stiftung Weimar, on loan from L. SiedhoK

Discover the modern
classics.
Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe
Architecture, design, art: A timeless cultural classic of
the 20 th century, the Bauhaus, is celebrating its 90-year
anniversary. As one of the main supporters of the Bauhaus-Year
2009, the Sparkasse Financial Group is supporting
exhibitions in Weimar, Erfurt, Jena and Apolda.
With that, even in difficult economic times, the Sparkasse
Financial Group is living up to its reputation of being
the largest non-government cultural supporter.
Sparkassen. Gut für Deutschland.

das bauhaus comes from weimar
1 april until 5 july 2009
Bauhaus Museum | Neues Museum Weimar | Schiller Museum
Goethe National Museum | House Am Horn
tue–sun | 10 am until 6 pm
Bauhaus Card Weimar
Adults 15 € / reduced 10 € / Students 5 € (under 16 years of age free)
The Entrance includes:
audio guides (Neues Museum Weimar, Schiller Museum, Goethe
National Museum), public tours Fri/Sat 12/2/4 pm, Sun 10 am/12/
2 pm (Neues Museum Weimar, Schiller Museum, Goethe National
Museum) and Ciceroni (qualifi ed guides) Fri/Sat/Sun
Visitors’ Information
+49 (0) 36 43 | 545-401/-402 · info@klassik-stiftung.de
Catalogue
380 pages, with numerous colour illustrations, 35 €
www.deutscherkunstverlag.de
Catalogue for Kids
38 pages, colour illustrations, german/english, 8 €
www.das-bauhaus-kommt.de
ERNST VON SIEMENS
KUNSTSTIFTUNG
hauptförderer
Vorwerk Teppich
Illustrations © VG-Bild Kunst, Bonn 2009 (exclude SiedhoK-Buscher, Keler, Unbekannt)
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