From the course: Graphic Design History: The Bauhaus Movement
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Painting and fine art
From the course: Graphic Design History: The Bauhaus Movement
Painting and fine art
- Architecture was the highest goal of Bauhaus training from its inception. But from the start, the masters were almost all painters. Feininger, Itten, Schlemmer, Klee, Kandinsky, and Moholy-Nagy. Most of the students worked with painting and drawing. But unlike traditional fine arts education of the time, copying a Leonardo da Vinci sitting at the Louvre, the main goal was to stimulate and sharpen a student's creativity. Even though the Bauhaus did not see itself as an art school, the fine arts were initially well-respected. Fine art was to be removed from being art for art's sake and subjugated to the ideal of all workmen cooperating and interacting with one another. It also was to form the creative basis for work in all areas of design. Fine art not connected to architecture was viewed as a source of inspiration, but was not one of the subjects available to study. Walter Gropius stated, "Modern painting, "which has breached its historic boundaries, "has generated countless ideas…
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