1932
THE INDUSTRIAL AESTHETIC SEAT
The chair designed by Marcel Breuer and Walter Gropius, influenced by their intensive examinations of new forms of theater and the belief in the unstoppable process of mechanization, is a masterpiece that embodies their avant-garde vision of merging art and technology. Drawing inspiration from the works of Oskar Schlemmer, a renowned artist and choreographer, the chair is a true testament to the Bauhaus school's principles of functionalism, minimalism, and innovation. The chair features a sleek, geometric form that reflects the modernist aesthetics of the Bauhaus movement.
NATIONAL SOCIALIST PARTY SHUTS DOWN BAUHAUS DESSAU
Under Mies Van der Rohe's leadership, the school struggled for survival with Germany’s National Socialist Party, who demanded the experimental work be minimized.
BAUHAUS BERLIN
Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe directed the Bauhaus in Berlin-Stiglitz as a private institution for one term before inevitably being raided and shut down by the National Socialist party.