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Bookmark or Share- Walter Gropius | Bauhaus Founder, German-American ArchitectWalter Gropius (born May 18, 1883, Berlin, Ger.—died July 5, 1969, Boston, Mass., U.S.) was a German American architect and educator who, particularly as director of the Bauhaus (1919–28), exerted a major influence on the development of modern architecture.
- Walter Gropius: Biography, Works, Awards - Architecture LabWalter Gropius was a seminal figure in modernist architecture and the founder of the influential Bauhaus School of Art and Design. Born in 1883 in Berlin into a family with architectural ties, Gropius studied architecture in Munich and Berlin. He gained early professional experience under Peter Behrens, an industrial design pioneer.
- The Bauhaus, 1919–1933 - The Metropolitan Museum of ArtOctober 2016 (last revised) The Bauhaus was founded in 1919 in the city of Weimar by German architect Walter Gropius (1883–1969). Its core objective was a radical concept: to reimagine the material world to reflect the unity of all the arts. Gropius explained this vision for a union of art and design in the Proclamation of the Bauhaus (1919 ...
- Walter Gropius Architecture, Bio, Ideas | TheArtStorySummary of Walter Gropius. Not only was Walter Gropius one of the pioneers of modern architecture, he was the founder of the Bauhaus, a revolutionary art school in Germany. The Bauhaus replaced traditional teaching methods with a flexible artistic community, focusing on a collaborative approach to learning and the creation of integrated design ...
- The Man Who Built the Bauhaus | The New YorkerPhotograph by Jason Fulford for The New Yorker. The future-facing idiom of the Bauhaus, the German design school founded, in 1919, by Walter Gropius, is now antique, but its distinct vision of...
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