The Bauhaus Archiv was designed by Walter Gropius and it was a joy to behold!
Afairly small space and unfortunately photos not allowed but the audio guide was really informative and also raised some interesting questions for me.
I sketched some of the objects on show and made copious notes.
I particularly liked the Wall hangings by Anne Albers here and Gertrud Arndt -tones of red ( I cannot find a clear image but this is similar and I like it too)
Painting Horizontal Vertical by Itten ( this is way more Jewel like in real life)and African chair by Marcel Breuer and Gunta Stulzl
There was a very interesting description of the teaching philosophies of Johannes Itten and and Joseph Albers that has given me food for thought and bought me back to this book – now heavily bookmarked with drawing techniques and approaches I’m interested in exploring.
My sketches of this series of paintings were pants!! They were produced for the birthday of Gropius (which was a holiday at the Bauhuas school) they were all based on the same photo of a political broadcast from a gramaphone placed on a stage.The Kandinsky on bottom right is a visual representation of audio process whilst Paul Klee bottom left considered What is said? What is understood?
a little more information here
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