Celebrating the centennial of a groundbreaking School of Art and
Design, this volume marks the founding of the Bauhaus with a visual
exploration of its most underrated members. While the institution
provided women with new opportunities in education, along the way,
they were faced with unreasonable family expectations, the
ambiguous attitude of the faculty and administration, outdated
social conventions, and, ultimately, the political repression of
the Nazi regime. Unprecedented in current literature, Bauhausmadels
presents 87 artists and artisans through texts and photographic
portraits, many published for the very first time. Recent archival
discoveries revive the biographies of better-known talents. In the
1920s, the title "Bauhaus girl" expressed a silent admiration for
the young women who courageously eluded traditional gender roles to
build a different, creative future. These include Marianne Brandt,
the first woman to be admitted to the Bauhaus metalworking program
whose designs are used by Alessi to this day; Gertrud Arndt who,
dissuaded by the faculty from studying architecture, instead shone
through her photography and rug design; and Lucia Moholy, who
photographed the Bauhaus buildings in iconic shots, but spent the
rest of her life trying to retrieve the negatives which were
withheld from her. Moreover, the volume reminds us of other women
artists whose names, nearly forgotten, also stand for early
pioneers of gender equality, refusing to follow the beaten tracks
society and their families insisted on. With almost 400 portrait
photographs taken between 1919 and 1933, Bauhausmadels creates a
visual impression of the women artists who attended the most
progressive art school of the 20th century and, departing from
there, often changed the world of art, architecture, design, and
even politics. Biographical data sheds light on each artist's
individual struggle, persistence in the face of adversity, and
incredible accomplishments. In this grand family album, we discover
a group of unique trailblazers whose legacy paved the way for women
artists after them.
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