Bauhaus Repositions

Event · Europe

Red and black geometric Bauhaus exhibition poster with diagonal lettering and a stylized head. — Joost Schmidt, poster for the Bauhaus Exhibition in Weimar, 1923. Joost Schmidt. Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin, via Bauhaus Kooperation. Source identifies the work as public domain (copyright expired 2018). Image source.

Originally conceived of to unify arts and crafts, the Bauhaus under Gropius began pivoting to design for mass production, adopting the slogan “Art into Industry.”

Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.

Sources

metmuseum.org

People

Walter Gropius

Movements

Bauhaus

Filed under

Ideas: craft, design, mass production
People: Walter Gropius
Works: Art and Technology
Organisations: Bauhaus

Echoes across time

1973 · France Hosts International Computer Art Events
1962 · American Pop Art Bursts onto the Scene
1968 · "On the Path to Computer Art” by the Parallel Group

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