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Under Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969) the Bauhaus developed into a type of technical institution of higher education for architecture with art and workshop departments doing the preliminary work as of 1930. After the National socialists won the election, the Bauhaus was banished from
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The Bauhaus history, the idealism and energy invested in it, makes it a most moving place and phenomenon. Rayner Banham described the Bauhaus at Dessau as a 'sacred site'. He was referring to more than the building itself: its solemn history, the altruism of so many individuals who taught and attended there, and the sum of outstanding artistic achievement in many fields of the arts that has made it an international institution of profound importance.
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The history of the Bauhaus is by no means linear. The changes in directorship and amongst the teachers, artistic influence from far and wide, in combination with the political situation in which the Bauhaus experiment was staged, led to permanent transformation. The numerous consequences of this experiment still today flow into contemporary life.
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The Bauhaus building in Dessau is itself a perfect example of this attidude. It brought together a number of the most outstanding contemporary architects and artists - including Kandinsky, Klee and Moholy-Nagy - and was not only an innovative training center but ... a place of production and a focus of international debate.
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In 1928, Bayer left the Bauhaus to become art director of Vogue magazine’s Berlin office. Ten years later, he settled in New York City where he had a long and distinguished career in nearly every aspect of the graphic arts.
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