Bauhausm?dels. a Tribute to Pioneering Women Artists

By Patrick Rossler and Patrick R�ssler

Feminists of the Weimar Era
The Bauhaus' early pioneers of gender equality

Celebrating the centennial of a groundbreaking school of art and design, this volume marks the founding of the Bauhaus with an unprecedented exploration of its most underrated members. While the institution provided women with new opportunities in education, along the way they were forced to deal with unreasonable family expectations, the ambiguous attitude of the faculty and administration, outdated social conventions, and ultimately the political repression of the Nazi regime.

Women of the Bauhaus assembles recent archival discoveries, including portraits published for the very first time, alongside 78 biographies, rendering this a definitive pictorial overview of their artistic and design work and legacy. The artists and artisans celebrated here include the designer, photographer, painter, sculptor, and first woman to be admitted to the Bauhaus metalworking program Marianne Brandt, whose designs of lamps, ashtrays, and other household objects are used by Alessi to this day; Gertrud Arndt who, dissuaded by the faculty from studying architecture, instead shone through her photography and rug design; and Grete Reichardt, whose abstract textile design led to later experiments with new fibers, fabrics, and industrial materials.

Full-page illustrations document the significant innovations and achievements of these trailblazers, while the text sheds light on both the struggles they encountered during their careers, and their incredible accomplishments regardless. Gathering these artists' sense of modernity, persistence in the face of adversity, and fight for women's emancipation, this collection is a celebration of how far we have come, and a striking reminder of how far there is yet to go.

Text in English French, and German

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3836563533
• ISBN13: 9783836563536
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Taschen
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 3.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 7.0" x 9.6"