Bauhaus (magazine)

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Bauhaus
Categories
  • Arts magazine
  • Design magazine
Founded1926
First issueDecember 1926
Final issue1931
Country Germany
Language German

Bauhaus was a quarterly avant-garde art and design magazine which existed in the period between 1926 and 1931 with some interruptions. It was launched by a German art movement with the same name and financed by an art group called Kreis der Freunde des Bauhauses (German: Circle of Friends of the Bauhaus). [1] It had significant effects on the Danish art magazines such as Kritisk Revy and Linien. [2]

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History

Bauhaus was started on 24 December 1926 when a new Bauhaus building in Dessau was opened. [1] It targeted professional designers and those who were interested in design and contained articles supplemented with photographic prints and layouts. [3] The magazine emphasized the democratic elements in art and design. [1] In 1926 it featured Marcel Breuer’s filmstrip which indicated a change in the tendency of the Bauhaus group towards the functionalism. [4]

In 1928 five issues of the magazine were edited by Martin Gropius and László Moholy-Nagy. [1] Then the Swiss architect Hannes Meyer and Ernő Kállai became its editors. [1] [3] Joost Schmidt modified the original logo of the magazine designed by Herbert Bayer. [1] Main contributors of the magazine included Hans Hildenbrand who published articles on wall painting and relief, and architect Ludwig Hilberseimer. [3] Bauhaus folded in late 1931. [2]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Kerry Greaves (2015). Mobilizing the collective: Helhesten and the Danish avant-garde, 1934-1946 (PhD thesis). City University of New York. pp. 33, 39, 54. ISBN   978-1-321-49966-7. ProQuest   1651529564.
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  4. Priyanka Basu (March 2020). "Book review. Bauhaus Imaginista: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany, March 15–June 10, 2019". West 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture. 27 (1): 130. doi:10.1086/711199.