Bauhaus Ceramic Artists

Both artists were committed to the idea of truth to materials meaning that artists should work within the limitations and possibilities of the material at hand.

Bauhaus ceramic artists. The bauhaus was arguably the single most influential modernist art school of the 20 th century. Its approach to teaching and to the relationship between art society and technology had a major impact both in europe and in the united states long after its closure under nazi pressure in 1933. As i am a dutch art historian i prefer to use here the english language because the interest in ceramics from the art deco period has no bounderies. ˈʃtaːtlɪçəs ˈbaʊˌhaʊs commonly known as the bauhaus german.

Building house was a german art school operational from 1919 to 1933 that combined crafts and the fine arts. In addition there was an empty building available the marstall property of the country. That initiated my collecting activities. The staatliches bauhaus german.

In 2008 i made a trip to the bauhaus in dessau. There the young free thinking artist began to create angular objects composed of triangles and circles and spangled with constructivist patterns and colorful glazes. At just 21 years old heymann refused to follow the majority of her female peers into the bauhaus s weaving workshop convincing gropius to open up a place for her in ceramics. Privatarchiv dornenhaus renate und friedemann löber 1923 1928 bauhaus student 1929 1932 guest student.

The 20th century resurgence of studio pottery in britain changed the field of ceramics forever. Walter gropius founder and head of the weimar bauhaus established the pottery workshop of his art school in dornburg in 1920 the existence of a traditional ceramic workshop with the potter max krehan who was willing to be head of the training spoke for this site outside weimar. In this case the alberses reveled in the fact that the ceramic objects looked like clay and were not pretending to be any other material. The bauhaus was seen as a progressive academic institution as it declared equality between the sexes and accepted both male and female students into its programs.

The seamless transition between crafts and art is particularly noticeable in his ceramic works. During a time when women were denied admittance to formal art academies the bauhaus provided them with an unprecedented level of opportunity for both education and artistic development though generally only in weaving and other. Beautiful and enduring designs are the ultimate in sustainable.