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Movement · 1930s

Bauhaus

A German school of art, design and architecture, open from 1919 to 1933 in Weimar, Dessau and finally Berlin. Founded by the architect Walter Gropius, it joined crafts and fine art, aimed to unite artistic vision with mass production and function, and became one of the most influential currents in modern design.

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Where it came from, where it went

  1. Grew out of1910s
    Der Blaue Reiter

    A Munich group that used expressive color and abstraction to explore spiritual ideas.

  2. This movement1930s
    Bauhaus

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School · Weimar, Dessau, Berlin · 1919

Bauhaus

German art school 1919-1933. Klee taught there from 1921, joined by Kandinsky in 1922.

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