The Centenar in Thuringia
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100 Years of Bauhaus – The Centenary in Thuringia Exhibitions 2019 Events 2019 In April 1919 the Bauhaus School began its teaching November 2018 – March 2019 From April 2019 28 April 2019, Weimar und Weimarer Land Jena Tourist Information Weimar activities in Weimar. Its founding director, Walter Gropius, Wilhelm Löber Departure into Modernity Bauhaus Marathon Walking tour “Henry van de Velde & the Bauhaus Artists Markt 10 · 99423 Weimar hired controversial artists as teachers. Lyonel Feininger, From the Bauhaus to “Fischland” Ceramics Neues Museum Weimar, Weimarplatz 5, Weimar in Jena” T +49 (0) 36 43 · 745-0 Johannes Itten, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, László Keramik-Museum-Bürgel, Kirchplatz 2, Bürgel 15 June – 14 July 2019, Weimarer Land This walk forges the bridge from Jugendstil to Bauhaus. [email protected] Moholy-Nagy and others followed his invitation to the April – June 2019 City and village church music Duration: 1,5–2 h www.weimar.de small town on the Ilm River. In its close scrutiny of paint- 2 January – 22 December 2019 Wilhelm Löber 10 Concerts in Feininger Churches Max: 25 participants ing, architecture, photography, sculpture, product design, Permanent Exhibition From the Bauhaus to “Fischland” Ceramics including the fugues that Lyonel Feininger composed Price: € 90 € per group Erfurt Tourist Information music and beyond, the Bauhaus wanted to find ideas and Haus Schulenburg Dornburg Rococo Palace, Max-Krehan-Strasse 3, Languages other than German: Russian 25 € surcharge Benediktsplatz 1 · 99084 Erfurt forms that would unite art and daily life. Ultimately, the Complete Œuvre of Henry van de Velde Dornburg/Saale 14 December 2019, Weimar T +49 (0) 361 · 66 40-0 bauhaus.thueringen-entdecken.de Bauhaus also wanted to find a new definition for what Henry van de Velde-Museum, Haus Schulenburg, Bauhaus Christmas Market Culinary Homage to Henry van de Velde [email protected] actually determines a fulfilled life in the wake of the Strasse des Friedens 120, Gera April – September 2019 Geschwister-Scholl-Strasse 8, 99423 Weimar Enjoy coffee, cake and Jena pralines served in replicas www.erfurt-tourismus.de World War I catastrophe. Bauhaus and Bürgel of porcelain by Henry van de Velde During the first years of the Bauhaus in Weimar 2 January – 22 December 2019 Mutual Influences between the Ceramics City Duration: 45 min. Jena Tourist Information it was not yet clear where the path of modernity was Permanent Exhibition and the Dornburg Workshop Max: 20 participants Markt 16 · 07743 Jena heading. There were arguments at the Bauhaus, and they Henry van de Velde Keramik-Museum Bürgel, Kirchplatz 2, Bürgel Attractions to Book for 2019 Price: € 7 per person T +49 (0) 36 41 · 49-80 50 were welcomed. Modernity was to emerge by surpassing Book Designs 1892–1942 [email protected] boundaries, that was agreed upon by all those involved Henry van de Velde-Museum, Haus Schulenburg, From April 2019 Weimar Erfurt www.jenatourismus.de in this small art school. The barriers between the artistic Strasse des Friedens 120, Gera Permanent Exhibition Bauhaus Walk Walking tour “Following the traces of the Bauhaus in disciplines, crafts and the unknown were to be sur- Bauhaus Ceramics Workshop in Dornburg Historic sites where the early Bauhaus worked in Weimar Erfurt”: In the 1920s, industrialists, art associations Gera Information im mounted. The early Weimar Bauhaus also wanted to be 13 January – 31 March 2019 Max-Krehan-Strasse 1, Dornburg/Saale Duration: 1.5 h and art patrons created new houses in the historic center historischen Burgkeller international, focus on the material itself, and reconcile Sie ist ganz Kunst (She is All Art) Max: 25 participants of Erfurt in the spirit of modern building. Markt 1a · 07545 Gera artists and craftsmen. Ida Kerkovius and the Power of Color May – July 2019 Price: € 60 for up to 10 participants, Duration: 2,5–3 h T +49 (0) 365 · 838-1111 Industry soon took over the place of craftsmen. Kunsthaus Apolda Avantgarde, Bahnhofstrasse 42, BAUHAUS GALS € 4 for each additional person Max: 35 participants [email protected] Because, as the Bauhaus also believed, mass production Apolda Gertrud Arndt, Marianne Brandt, Languages other than German: upon request Price: € 155 € per group www.gera.de would be able to satisfy the universal needs of the Margarete Heymann, Margaretha Reichardt Languages other than German: English and French on the centenar “uniform inhabitant of Earth” on an aesthetically and 15 March 2019 – 15 January 2020 Angermuseum, Anger 18, Erfurt City Tour “The early Bauhaus” request Weimarer Land Tourismus e. V. functionally high level. However, mass production and Henry van de Velde Margaretha-Reichhardt-Haus, Am Kirchberg 32, Erfurt Following the traces of the masters to the original Bahnhofstrasse 28 · 99510 Apolda industrialization at the Bauhaus do not belong to the Path-Blazer for the Bauhaus and Crossover Artist Bauhaus sites “Erfurt in the Bauhaus Year 2019” Package T +49 (0) 36 44 · 51 99 75 in thuringia Thuringian part of narrative. of Modernity 31 August – 17 November 2019 Duration: 2 h · accommodations for 2 nights incl. breakfast at ****hotel [email protected] Cover: Haus Am Horn, Photo: Guido Werner, Translation: Jayne Obst Jayne Translation: Werner, Guido Am Horn, Photo: Haus Cover: In Weimar, Jena, Erfurt and Apolda, the Bauhaus Henry van de Velde-Museum, Haus Schulenburg, Das Stärkste, was Morgen heute bietet! (The Best Max: 25 participants · walking tour “Following the traces of the Bauhaus” www.weimarer-land-tourismus.de was always an experiment, taking the first steps towards Strasse des Friedens 120, Gera Thing that Tomorrow is Offering Today!) Price: € 85 per group · one 3-course dinner an aesthetically unknown future, even with growing Der Sturm in Jena. Drawings, Prints and Sculptures Languages other than German: English 10€ surcharge · entrance to the art museum “Angermuseum” Thüringer Tourismusverband contradiction among both those at the Bauhaus and March – June 2019 Kunstsammlung Jena, Markt 7, Jena Price: € 219 per person in double room; Jena-Saale-Holzland e. V. the public. Already in 1925, the Bauhaus school had to For the Sake of Mechanics or a Playground “Weimar and the Bauhaus” Package single room surcharge: € 70 Jahnstrasse 29 · 07639 Bad Klosterlausnitz leave Weimar and move to Dessau for political reasons. for Creativity? – Kurt Schmidt and Artists of 15 September – 15 December 2019 · accommodations for 2 nights incl. breakfast in T +49 (0) 36 601 · 90 52 00 Therefore, in 2019 there is not only one Bauhaus the Bauhaus on Music, Theater and Visual Arts TRAUMSTADT (DREAM CITY) Weimar’s historic center [email protected] to discover at the 100th birthday celebration of its Kunstsammlung Gera, Orangerieplatz 1, Gera Lyonel Feininger and his Villages · free ticket for the public walking tour www.saaleland.de founding in Weimar, but it is the ideas of the Bauhaus, Kunsthaus Apolda Avantgarde, Bahnhofstrasse 42, · free travel on city busses which still pose the relevant questions of modernity: From April 2019 Apolda · free entrance to all Weimar Bauhaus sites and Peter Keler, about surpassing barriers, happiness without constraints Junctions many other museums Cradle, 1922, Klassik Stiftung and a future worth living for. 100 Years of Bauhaus – Modernity – Present 30 September 2019 – 31 March 2020 · Bauhaus surprise Weimar Supporters of the Bauhaus Centenary in Thuringia bauhaus museum weimar, Weimar Beacons of Modernity Price: from € 130 € per person in double room; Jena Lamp Glass – Disregarded Diversity single room surcharge: from € 65 Stadtmuseum Jena, Markt 7, Jena The Bauhaus comes from Weimar A New Museum for the Bauhaus Bauhaus and Craftsmanship On the Way to the Bauhaus In 1919 the Bauhaus School moved into the building The Klassik Stiftung Weimar will open the bauhaus The Bauhaus intended to overcome senseless divi- Walter Gropius came to Weimar upon Henry van de of the Grand Ducal Saxon College of Fine Arts, which museum weimar for the Bauhaus-Year 2019. In the sion of work areas and specialization by uniting the Velde’s recommendation. The latter had founded had been built only a few years before by Henry van de city where the State Bauhaus was founded, it will arts with craftsmanship. The students at the Bau- the Grand-Ducal Art School in Weimar in 1902, the Velde. With that, the Bauhaus made its home in build- represent the early, Weimar phase of the most influ- haus were trained in craftsmanship during the pre- Applied Arts Institute in 1906 and the Grand Ducal ings that were considered modern, yet they symbolized ential school of art and design of the 20th century. liminary courses in order to make it easier for them Vocational Arts School in 1908, which he directed an epoch that had brought about a terrible war. The Klassik Stiftung Weimar owns the oldest to work with material and forms. In Dornburg on the until 1915. He designed furniture, interiors, clothing, During its Weimar years, however, the Bauhaus Bauhaus collection, which was personally selected Saale River, the original ceramics workshop is the flatware, porcelain, fabric and other household items. did not design its own school building. During the first Otto Lindig, Bauhaus by Walter Gropius as early as 1925. The new museum only one of the Bauhaus workshops to have been For years he remained faithful to his conviction that ceramics: pot L15 semesters, the barriers between the art genres were Neufert House, and bowl L3, building will offer more than 2,200 square meters of preserved at its original site. The Erfurt textile artist the more exactly the design of an object reflects surmounted and a new form-language was developed Binsack Gunter Photo: Weimar, 1929 Bürgel Keramik-Museum Photo: beginning in 1923 exhibition space to display the collection, which has Margaretha Reichhardt came back to Erfurt from its purpose, the better – thus, he was one of the for articles used in everyday life.