The Bauhaus comes from Weimar

On the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Bauhaus in Weimar, the Klassik Stiftung Weimar presented a large overview exhibition on the early years of this legendary school of design from 1 April until 5 July 2009.

Founded by its first director, Walter Gropius, in April 1919, the Bauhaus remained in the city of the classics until the end of March 1925. In the face of restrictive politics, it moved to Dessau and later to Berlin, where National Socialist pressure caused the school’s closure in 1933.

During the few years of its existence, the Bauhaus became the most significant and influential school of design of the 20th century. The world of design developed at the Bauhaus influences 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 purpose of the anniversary exhibition was to show Weimar as a laboratory in which plans were made for what was realised in the following Bauhaus locations in Dessau and Berlin, and ultimately enjoyed world-wide acceptance.