2. Walter Gropius German architect born in Berlin Founder of the Bauhaus School May 18, 1883 – July 5, 1969 “ Architects, painters, sculptors , we must all return to crafts! For there is no such thing as “ professional art” .
3. There is no essential difference between the artist and the craftsman . The artist is an exalted craftsman . By the grace of Heaven and in rare moments of inspiration which transcend the will, art may unconsciously blossom from the labour of his hand, but a base in handicrafts is essential to every artist. It is there that the original source of creativity lies”. - Walter Gropius
4. ‘ an eagerness to experiment, openess, creativity and a close link to industrial practice ’
6. die masters auf dem bauhaus. IMAGE Josef Albers, Hinnerk Scheper, Georg Muche, László Moholy-Nagy, Herbert Bayer, Joost Schmidt, Walter Gropius Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Lyonel Feininger, Gunta Stölzl and Oskar Schlemmer. Foto: Bauhaus-Archiv / Musée National d'Art Moderne / Centre Pompidou From the left;
7. “ I applied streaks and blobs of color onto the canvas with a palette knife and I made them sing with all the intensity I could...” [wassily kandinsky]