Bauhaus, << BOW hows >> was an influential school of design. It was founded in Weimar, Germany, in 1919 by the architect Walter Gropius. Teachers at the school included such famous artists as Lyonel Feininger, Paul Klee, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Josef Albers, and Wassily Kandinsky. Although the Bauhaus offered courses in painting and sculpture, its main emphasis was on the applied arts. It tried to give artists a meaningful, practical place in society by training them as craftworkers or industrial designers. The Bauhaus worked to create a simple, unornamented style of design in all fields, from architecture to graphic design. Its influence is still widely seen in many aspects of modern design.
The Bauhaus also pioneered in a new kind of art education. The students began their studies with a basic design course in which they learned principles of composition and color, and how to work with different materials. Similar courses have been adopted by art schools throughout the world.
In 1925, the Bauhaus moved to Dessau because of government hostility in Weimar. It was closed by the Nazis in 1932. It tried to reopen in Berlin, but was forced to close permanently in 1933.
