Bauhaus 100 Years
Its ideas had an impact well beyond the school itself its locations and its time.
Bauhaus 100 years. There are many articles about how the bauhaus influenced modern. Bauhaus 100 is a series exploring key figures designs and architecture of the 20th century design school and movement celebrating its centenary in 2019. 100 years of bauhaus. For four years we have provided you with information and articles on the bauhaus and its global heritage.
100 years of bauhaus. It evolved out of the arts and crafts movement and art school reforms. After a hundred years bauhaus design continues to inspire artists graphic designers and architects across the globe. Berlin and beyond as germany celebrates the centenary of the influential art movement we tour the cities where it started flourished and ultimately proved too.
A lot has been said over the past 20 years about principles and ideas of bauhaus. On the occasion of the official ending of 100 years of bauhaus in april 2020 we would like to give the floor to the head of the german federal cultural foundation again who told us in 2018 what she thought should be the core of such centenary celebrations. The bauhaus movement founded in 1919 was one of the most influential in history. 100 years later we reflect on the beginnings of this visionary institution.
Concerts installations puppet and straight theatre dance and film workshops and lecture demonstrations games and festivities. The school that made a revolution in design that changed everything. The modern movement the german architect walter gropius laid the foundation for a new understanding of design art and architecture with the establishment of a state art school in weimar. As the state bauhaus in weimar as a school of design in dessau and as a private education institute in berlin.
This marks the 100th anniversary since the creation of the bauhaus school. The bauhaus was only active for 14 years. The year of 2019 is a very significant year for design. It outlasted a century s worth of competing styles survived the initial criticisms from traditionalists and although the nazis shut down the institution in 1933 the bauhaus movement itself lives on to this day.
The 100 years bauhaus opening festival kicked off the nationwide celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the bauhaus. When walter gropius founded the bauhaus in 1919 he established a school of design which still inspires today. 100 years the history of bauhaus in germany israel in 2019 the bauhaus school in germany marks its 100th anniversary.
