Celebrating the Bauhaus

Posters advertising Bauhaus exhibitions, dating from the 1960s to today, reflect the lasting relevance and appeal of Bauhaus-style graphics. 

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    Fridolin Müller
    Oskar Schlemmer und die Abstrakte Bühne, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Zürich
    1961

  • Walter Allner
    Bauhaus-Archiv, das Bauhaus Bestände des Museums
    1973

  • ott+stein
    Sheds, Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin
    1987

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    Bauhaus Archiv, Bestände in Auswahl vom Bauhaus
    1972


    • The Bauhaus—a school of art, design and architecture—operated in Germany from 1919 to 1933. The school adhered to the avant-garde ideology that all of the arts should be brought together to create a material world suited to the new reality of modern life. This radical mission, and the many remarkable creations of the Bauhauslers, ensured the school’s position as the most influential institution in the development of 20th century modernism.

  • Max Huber
    Oskar Schlemmer, un Maestro del Bauhaus, Museo Comunale d’Arte Moderna, Ascona
    1987

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    Das frühe Bauhaus und Johannes Itten, Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin
    1994

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    doppelpunkt kommunikationsdesign
    Bauhaus-Archiv, b
    1996

  • Rasmus Koch
    Bauhaus #itsalldesign, Designmuseum Danmark
    2019

    • The Bauhaus legacy is preserved and exhibited at the Bahaus-Archiv in Berlin. The Bauhaus has also been the subject of countless exhibitions at museums around the world. In 2019, the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Bauhaus was celebrated with an international roster of events. 

    In posters for Bauhaus exhibitions, designers have borrowed and updated the graphic language favored by the Bauhaus—grid-based compositions with sans serif typography (letters without end strokes), bold colors, geometric shapes and photography.

    This graphic syntax, developed a century, ago still resonates with a contemporary audience. 

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    L2M3
    Original Bauhaus, Woman with Mask, Bauhaus-archiv, Museum für Gestaltung, Berlin
    2019

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    Original Bauhaus, Schlemmer Figures, Bauhaus-archiv, Museum für Gestaltung, Berlin
    2019

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    Original Bauhaus, Sport, Bauhaus-archiv, Museum für Gestaltung, Berlin
    2019

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    Herbert Bayer
    Herbert Bayer, das Druckgrafische Werk
    1974


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    Sascha Lobe
    Bauhaus Rewritten (blue)
    2019

  • Sascha Lobe
    Bauhaus Rewritten (yellow)
    2019

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    Herbert Bayer
    50 Jahre Bauhaus
    1968

  • ott+stein
    Quadrat, Kreis, Dreieck. Bauhaus Archiv
    1992