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Bauhaus - The German Revolution in Arts, Design, and Architecture
Celebrate the Bauhaus Year 2009 in Germany

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The world-famous Bauhaus school, founded in Weimar in 1919, created a revolution in art, design, and architecture in the early 20th century. The list of students and teachers of this influential avant-garde school, which shaped the modern world as we know it, reads like the "Who's Who" of arts and architecture; from Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, and Lyonel Feininger, to Walter Gropius and Mies van der Rohe.

In 2009, Germany celebrates the 90th anniversary of the Bauhaus with special events, exhibitions, and guided tours; here is an overview of the most interesting German Bauhaus locations and events in Germany.

1. Bauhaus University Weimar

Bauhaus University Weimar©Bauhaus-Universität Tobias Adam

It all began here: Visit the original Bauhaus University in Weimar , the cradle of the Bauhaus movement. The avant-garde school of the early 20th century is still a college for architecture and features the original murals, reliefs and the reconstructed room of Walter Gropius, the founder of the Bauhaus.
The University also organizes guided art walks that lead you to all the places where the Bauhaus masters worked, studied and taught.

2. Bauhaus Museum Weimar

Bauhaus Museum Weimar Maik Schuck Thuringer Tourismus GmbH
The Bauhaus Museum in Weimar offers an in-depth introduction to the history of the Bauhaus and its impact on arts and architecture in Germany and the world. See more than 500 exhibits crafted by teachers and students in the Bauhaus workshops and get an overview of the various art forms the Bauhaus embraced; from ceramics, furniture, textile, and sculpture, to weaving, printing, and bookbinding.

3. Haus am Horn,Weimar

Bauhaus "Haus am Horn"Maik Schuck Weimar GmbH
The model house "Haus am Horn" in Weimar is a great example of the modern Bauhaus architecture; designed in 1923 by the youngest Bauhaus architect of his time, Georg Muche, the "Haus am Horn" was the first Bauhaus building ever constructed.

4. Exhibition "Modell Bauhaus" in Berlin

Bauhaus Modell©VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2009
All important Bauhaus institutions and archives in Germany joined forces to present the world's largest and most extensive Bauhaus exhibition in Berlin. "Modell Bauhaus" is shown in the gallery "Martin Gropius Bau" between July 22 – October 4, 2009, and then travels to MOMA in New York. The exhibition offers a complete overview of the works of the Bauhaus masters and highlights the school's most important themes in their historical context.

5. Goethe National Museum Weimar

Bauhaus PosterKlassik Stiftung Weimar
In 2009, the Goethe National Museum in Weimar organizes an art show dedicated to the best Bauhaus paintings, sculptures, and photographs. Masterpieces by Paul Klee, Oskar Schlemmer, Wassily Kandinsky, Lásló Moholy-Nagy, and Lyonel Feininger among others are presented.
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