Bauhaus Ceramic Artists

The staatliches bauhaus german.

Bauhaus ceramic artists.

The school became famous for its approach to design which attempted to unify the principles of mass production with individual artistic vision and strove to combine. 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. ˈʃtaːtlɪçəs ˈbaʊˌhaʊs commonly known as the bauhaus german. Influenced by the ancient craft of pottery itself alongside the 19th century arts and crafts movement and the 20th century german bauhaus movement british pottery was developed through teachings at the camberwell school of art and central school of art and design.

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. In addition there was an empty building available the marstall property of the country. 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. 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.

The bauhaus was arguably the single most influential modernist art school of the 20 th century. Building house was a german art school operational from 1919 to 1933 that combined crafts and the fine arts. 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. Privatarchiv dornenhaus renate und friedemann löber 1923 1928 bauhaus student 1929 1932 guest student.

In 2008 i made a trip to the bauhaus in dessau. 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. There the young free thinking artist began to create angular objects composed of triangles and circles and spangled with constructivist patterns and colorful glazes. Bauhaus design was simple utilitarian and has influenced many of today s ceramic artists.

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. Beautiful and enduring designs are the ultimate in sustainable. The seamless transition between crafts and art is particularly noticeable in his ceramic works.