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bauhaus faces
Anja Guttenberger
Meet the faces behind the vision!
With the help of Bauhaus experts and descendants, each episode tells the story of a new personality.
With Paul Klee, Max Bill, Gunta Stölzl, Lucia Moholy, Mies van der Rohe, Ise Gropius, Lucia Moholy, Anni & Josef Albers, Otti Berger & more ...
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- Updated June 20
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April 28 · 34 minTWO MORE MEMBERS OF THE RED BAUHAUS BRIGADE: Konrad Püschel and René Mensch
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April 5 · 55 minTIBOR WEINER (AND THE RED BAUHAUS BRIGADE) | Daniel Talesnik
A new episode of bauhaus faces is out now. This time, I’m joined by Chilean architect and historian Daniel Talesnik to explore the story of a remarkable group of Bauhaus students—through the life of one of them: Tibor Weiner. Weiner was part of the circle around Hannes Meyer, the second director of the Bauhaus—a group often referred to as the “Red Bauhaus Brigade.” After Meyer’s dismissal in 1930, he relocated to the Soviet Union, and a number of his students followed, hoping to continue their work and ideals abroad. In our conversation, Daniel traces what he calls the “Itinerant Red Bauhaus" or "The Third Emigration,” following these architects as their paths diverged across the Soviet Union, and beyond. At the center is Weiner’s own journey—from Moscow to Paris, on to Chile, and eventually back to his home Hungary after the Second World War. His story reflects the broader reality many of them faced: architecture not just as a discipline, but as a means of survival in a century marked by political upheaval. Daniel and I will be back soon with a bonus episode, taking a closer look at other Red Bauhaus Brigade members Konrad Püschel (who was sent to North Korea), René Mensch (who ended up in Iran), and Philipp Tolziner (who was imprisoned for 10 years in a Soviet Gulag and then became one of the first monument preservationists of the Soviet Union). You can find the episode now wherever you listen to podcasts—and if you enjoy bauhaus faces, please consider leaving a 5-star-review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts or sharing it with someone who might be interested. SHOW NOTES bauhausfaces.com | @bauhausfacespodcast | YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts [Daniel Talesnik: The Itinerant Red Bauhaus, or the Third Emigration, 2016 Daniel Talesnik: "Moving Away to the Other End of the World: Reflections on the Letters Between Tibor Weiner and Hannes Meyer from the DAM Archive", 2019 Tatiana Efrussi: _Hannes Meyer: Soviet Architect. Life and Work in the USSR, 1930–1936_, 2025](https://vernonpress.com/book/2222?srsltid=AfmBOorYsErRw9JadWblBKymuawZkcjLbhokMj7P6JvpzGc2_7LTe6Xl) Astrid Volpert & Anja Guttenberger: "Gelobt, Verurteilt, Vergessen, Wiederentdeckt – 62 Bauhäusler*innen im Land der Sowjets", 2019 Philipp Tolziner: "Mit Hannes Meyer am Bauhaus und in der Sowjetunion", in: Hannes Meyer 1889–1954: Architekt, Lehrer, Urbanist, 1989, pp. 234-263 Tibor Weiner Papers at the Mai Magyar Építészet, Budapest CHAPTER IMAGES 1/2 Portrait of Tibor Weiner, © Weiner Family Archive 3 Tibor Weiner & Philipp Tolziner: Community Dwellings for Workers in a Socialized State, 1930, in: Hannes Meyer 1889–1954: Architekt, Lehrer, Urbanist, 1989 4 Natja Catalan, Tibor Weiner, Philipp Tolziner, Konrad Püschel, Margarete Mengel, Lilya Polgar, Anton Urban – members of the “Red Bauhaus Brigade” in Moscow, unknown photographer, https://thecharnelhouse.org/tag/bela-scheffler/#jp-carousel-9752 5 Tibor Weiner, Konrad Püschel & Philipp Tolziner with Hannes Meyer (consultant): Competition project for the Palace of the Soviets, 1931, https://cloud-cuckoo.net/fileadmin/hefte_de/heft_39/artikel_Kazhar_Solkiewicz-Kos_Zadworny.pdf 6 Hans Schmidt: Design of Orsk, ca. 1933, in: Marco de Michelis/Ernesto Pasini: La città sovietica 1925–1937, Venedig 1976, https://architekturbasel.ch/hans-schmidt-ein-basler-architekt-in-stalins-reich/ 7 Letter from Tibor Weiner to Hannes Meyer, 06.03.1938, DAM Archive 8 Tibor Weiner: Fire department in Chillan, Photo by Gonzalo Vargas Malinowski, https://www.dw.com/de/die-bauhaus-revolution-in-chile/a-42915382 9 Tibor Weiner: Dunaújváros, Hungary, © Intercisa Múzeum, https://www.diepresse.com/1350779/dunaujvaros-eine-ungarische-retortenstadt-fuer-stalin#slide-1-1 10 Portrait of Tibor Weiner in Dunaújváros, 1950s, © Weiner Family Archive
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March 3 · 53 minFLORENCE HENRI | Giovanni Battista Martini, Paola Rosina & Roberto Lacarbonara
In our first episode of 2026, we turn the spotlight on Florence Henri. Drawn to the Bauhaus less by its curriculum than by its people, Henri discovered photography through Lucia Moholy and never looked back. What began as an experiment became a radical reinvention: mirrors, props, fractured spaces — images that redefined modern photography. Henri stayed fiercely artistic, while mentoring a generation of women who would go on to shape the medium themselves: Dora Maar, Lisette Model, Gisèle Freund, Ilse Bing, and more. In this episode I was joined by the head of the Florence Henri Archive Giovanni Battista Martini, art historian Paola Rosina, and curator Roberto Lacarbonara — in a truly Bauhaus-style multilingual conversation, recorded in Switzerland and brought to you in English. And there’s more to come: bonus episodes with deep dives into Henri’s most iconic photographs, and the full original interview in French/English. 🎧 Listen on bauhausfaces.com or on all major podcast platforms! SHOW NOTES bauhausfaces.com | @bauhausfacespodcast | YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts 29.8. – 10.1.2027 Exhibition on Florence Henri at Zentrum Paul Klee, Berne OTHER PODCASTS LUCIA MOHOLY | Robin Schuldenfrei PAUL KLEE | Fabienne Eggelhöfer ANNI & JOSEF ALBERS | Brenda Danilowitz LITERATURE ABOUT FLORENCE HENRI Ann und Jürgen Wilde: Florence Henri-Sammlung. Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover 1993 Muriel Rausch (Hrsg.): Florence Henri. Miroir des avant-gardes (1927–1940). Éditions Photosynthèses, Arles 2015 Anja Guttenberger: Florence Henri, p. 72–87, in: Fotografische Selbstportraits der Bauhäusler zwischen 1919 und 1933, PhD thesis, 2012, https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/bitstream/handle/fub188/8338/DissAnjaGuttenberger.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Anja Guttenberger: Florence Henri, https://bauhauskooperation.de/wissen/das-bauhaus/koepfe/biografien/biografie-detail/person-Henri-Florence-494 Annette Bußmann: Florence Henri, in: FemBio. Frauen-Biographieforschung, https://www.fembio.org/biographie.php/frau/biographie/florence-henri/ Works of Florence Henri at the ICP (International Center of Photography) https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/florence-henri Works at Centre Pompidou https://collection.centrepompidou.fr/artworks/authors/HENRI%20Florence↹HENRI%20Florence?page=4 PODCAST LOGO Detail from Florence Henri’s self-portrait in a mirror with balls, 1928, Florence Henri Archive / © Galleria Martini e Ronchetti CHAPTER IMAGES Florence Henri: Self-portrait, 1930, Florence Henri Archive / © Galleria Martini e Ronchetti, https://www.artnet.com/artists/florence-henri/self-portrait-pWVR-MrGZ9-Wao3faHmddQ2 Portrait of Florence Henri, 1975, Galerie m https://www.galerie-m.com/artist_bio.php?aid=63&aname=FlorenceHenri Florence Henri, 1926, Florence Henri Archive / © Galleria Martini e Ronchetti, https://hundredheroines.org/featured/women-in-abstraction-florence-henri/ Birthday celebration of Florence Henri at the Bauhaus in Dessau, 30 June 1927, Florence Henri Archive / © Galleria Martini e Ronchetti, in: Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris: Florence Henri. Photographies 1927–1938, Paris 1978 Florence Henri: Portraits of Margarete Schall, 1928, Florence Henri Archive / © Galleria Martini e Ronchetti, https://www.amazedmag.de/august-sander-und-florence-henri-der-pinakothek-der-moderne/ Florence Henri: Windows (Bauhaus Dessau), 1927, Florence Henri Archive / © Galleria Martini e Ronchetti, https://journals.openedition.org/transbordeur/1085?lang=en Florence Henri: Industrial and urban landscape, 1924, © Galleria Martini e Ronchetti, https://www.lempertz.com/de/kataloge/kuenstlerverzeichnis/detail/henri-florence.html Florence Henri: Abstract composition, 1929, © Galleria Martini e Ronchetti, https://www.artsy.net/artwork/florence-henri-still-life-composition-2 Florence Henri: Self-portrait, 1928, Florence Henri Archive / © Galleria Martini e Ronchetti, https://artblart.com/tag/florence-henri-self-portrait-in-a-mirror/ Florence Henri: Still life composition, 1928–30, MoMA, © Galleria Martini e Ronchetti, https://www.moma.org/collection/works/83777 Self-portrait and still life by Florence Henri published in i10. internationale revue, Dec. 1928, https://www.oursphotomag.com/blog/florence-henri-1920 Florence Henri: Advertisement for Jeanne Lanvin perfume, 1929, V&A Museum, © Galleria Martini e Ronchetti Florence Henri: Portrait composition (Von Von), 1937, Florence Henri Archive / © Galleria Martini e Ronchetti, https://photography-now.com/exhibition/135835 Florence Henri: Composition, The Glory that was Greece, c. 1933, Photomontage, Florence Henri Archive / © Galleria Martini e Ronchetti, https://artblart.com/tag/florence-henri-self-portrait-1928/ Florence Henri: Composition, 1931, Florence Henri Archive / © Galleria Martini e Ronchetti, https://www.artnet.com/artists/florence-henri/nature-morte-still-life-composition-a-jlrV54pyFa_tqkC-LHkVwQ2 Florence Henri: Self-portrait, 1938, Florence Henri Archive / © Galleria Martini e Ronchetti, https://artblart.com/tag/florence-henri-self-portrait-1928/ Florence Henri: Portrait of Lore Krüger, 1937, Florence Henri Archive / © Galleria Martini e Ronchetti, https://www.artsy.net/artwork/florence-henri-portrait-composition-portrait-of-lore-kruger Florence Henri: Self-portrait with balls, 1938, Florence Henri Archive / © Galleria Martini e Ronchetti, https://www.atlasgallery.com/exhibition/florence-henri
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March 3 · 7 minFLORENCE HENRI (BONUS 1) | Giovanni Battista Martini, Paola Rosina & Roberto Lacarbonara
In this very short episode, Giovanni Battista Martini, head of the Florence Henri Archive in Genoa, and the Italian art historians Paola Rosina and Roberto Lacarbonara will describe their favourite photo by Florence Henri in more detail for you. Please look out for the images on your smartphone or tablet while listening. As always, I added the photos to the chapters. 🎧 Listen on bauhausfaces.com or on all major podcast platforms! SHOW NOTES bauhausfaces.com | @bauhausfacespodcast | YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts COVER PHOTO Florence Henri: Self-portrait, 1930, Florence Henri Archive / © Galleria Martini e Ronchetti CHAPTER IMAGES Florence Henri: "Portrait composition" (Von Von), 1937, Florence Henri Archive / © Galleria Martini e Ronchetti Florence Henri: "Femme aux cartes," 1930, Florence Henri Archive / © Galleria Martini e Ronchetti Florence Henri: "Fênetre" (Windows, Bauhaus Dessau), 1927, Florence Henri Archive / © Galleria Martini e Ronchetti
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February 22 · 1 hr 5 minFLORENCE HENRI (BONUS 2) | Giovanni Battista Martini, Paola Rosina & Roberto Lacarbonara
BONUS EPISODE – FRANCAIS Deuxième épisode bonus de bauhaus faces — et une conversation résolument multilingue ! Autour de la peintre et photographe Florence Henri, j’échange avec Giovanni Battista Martini, Paola Rosina et Roberto Lacarbonara dans un dialogue mêlant français et anglais, fidèle à l’esprit du Bauhaus et au croisement des cultures. Il existe également un épisode principal entièrement en anglais, ainsi qu’un premier bonus en anglais dans lequel les trois invités présentent et analysent chacun leur photographie préférée de Florence Henri. Un triptyque d’épisodes pour explorer en profondeur l’œuvre et l’héritage de Florence Henri — entre langues, perspectives et regards passionnés. 🎧 Écoutez sur bauhausfaces.com ou sur toutes les principales plateformes de podcasts ! SHOW NOTES bauhausfaces.com | @bauhausfacespodcast | YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts COVER PHOTO Florence Henri: Self-portrait, 1928, Florence Henri Archive / © Galleria Martini e Ronchetti CHAPTER IMAGES
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Dec 16, 2025 · 53 minLUDWIG HILBERSEIMER | Ute Poerschke & Kevin Harrington
The last episode of 2025 is here! And it's about Ludwig Hilberseimer. Never heard of him? No problem! bauhaus faces will help you out. Only few of the houses Hilberseimer planned were built. He was much more concerned about the bigger picture: How does the modern city, especially the metropolis, need to be organized to meet people's needs? His futuristic-looking draft of a Highrise City from 1924 with floating bridge pavements high above the streets, skyscrapers as apartment buildings, and a plant-less, sterile surrounding was certainly a real shocker. A "necropolis" rather than a metropolis. That high-rise apartment buildings would soon become reality, only a few of his contemporaries of the 1920s believed. With the help of the architectural historians Ute Poerschke and Kevin Harrington we will shine a light on Ludwig Hilberseimer. 🎧 Listen on bauhausfaces.com or on all major podcast platforms! SHOW NOTES bauhausfaces.com | @bauhausfacespodcast | YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts LITERATURE BY LUDWIG HILBERSEIMER Ludwig Hilberseimer: Grossstadtbauten, 1926 Behrens, Peter & Deutscher Werkbund (Ed.): Bau und Wohnung: die Bauten der Weißenhofsiedlung in Stuttgart errichtet 1927 nach Vorschlägen des Deutschen Werkbundes im Auftrag der Stadt Stuttgart und im Rahmen der Werkbundausstellung "Die Wohnung" — Stuttgart, 1927 LITERATURE ABOUT LUDWIG HILBERSEIMER Ute Poerschke: "Bauhaus architecture and daylight studies," 2024 Kevin Harrington: "Ideas in action: Hilberseimer and the redevelopment of the South Side of Chicago," in: Richard Pommer, David A. Spaeth & Kevin Harrington (eds.): In the shadow of Mies: Ludwig Hilberseimer, architect, educator, and urban planner, Chicago: Art Institute & Rizzoli, 1988 Florian Strob (ed.): Architect of Letters. Reading Hilberseimer, 2022 Ludwig Hilberseimer: Die neue Stadt. Prinzipien der Planung, Kommentierte Ausgabe, 2023 ARCHITECTURE BY LUDWIG HILBERSEIMER https://www.bildindex.de/ FILM "Das wachsende Haus" (The growing house), 2020 PODCAST EPISODES Otti Berger with Judit Raum, 2024 Mies van der Rohe PART 1 with Wita Noack & Fritz Neumeyer Mies van der Rohe PART 2 with Aya Soika CHAPTER IMAGES 1/2 Portrait of Ludwig Hilberseimer, https://www.metalocus.es/en/news/urbanism-bauhaus-ludwig-hilberseimer 3 Ludwig Hilberseimer: Highrise City (Hochhausstadt), 1924, https://www.metalocus.es/en/news/urbanism-bauhaus-ludwig-hilberseimer 4 Ludwig Hilberseimer & Heinrich Kosina; Rheinlandhaus, 1927, destroyed in 1966, Bildarchiv Foto Marburg / unknown photographer, c. 1920/1939?, Fotokonvolut: Archiv Dr. Franz Stoedtner, CC BY-SA 4.0 Namensnennung - Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 4.0 International 5 House by Ludwig Hilberseimer at the Weißenhof estate, 1927, Bildarchiv Foto Marburg / Foto: Lossen, Otto; Aufn.-Datum: um 1920/1939?; Fotokonvolut: Archiv Dr. Franz Stoedtner, CC BY-SA 4.0 Namensnennung - Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 4.0 International 6 Ludwig Hilberseimer: Plan for Dessau-Törten, 1930, https://archplus.net/de/das-wachsende-bauhaus-geht-auf-wanderschaft/ 7 Ludwig Hilberseimer: The growing house (das wachsende Haus), 1932, https://archplus.net/de/das-wachsende-bauhaus-geht-auf-wanderschaft/ 8 Hannes Meyer & Hans Wittwer: Competition for the ADGB Trade Union School with solar studies on the side, 1928, https://www.bauhaus-denkmal-bernau.de/bundesschule/ludwig-hilberseimer.html 9 Ludwig Hilberseimer and Mies van der Rohe, 1940, https://www.metalocus.es/en/news/urbanism-bauhaus-ludwig-hilberseimer 10 Portrait of Walter Peterhans, photo by Heinrich Koch, no date, https://deu.archinform.net/arch/48400.htm 11 Photograph of Ludwig Hilberseimer and faculty and student members of the Illinois Institute of Technology architecture program, photo by George W. Larson, ca. 1940/41 12 Mies, Hilberseimer & Caldwell: Plan for Lafayette Park, Detroit, 1956, https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Figura-37-Planta-de-Lafayette-Park-Detroit-Mies-Hilberseimer-y-Caldwell-1956-Figurefig11310834479 13 Portrait of Ludwig Hilberseimer, n.d., https://repository.iit.edu/islandora/object/islandora%3A15142
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Nov 25, 2025 · 47 minHANS FISCHLI | Peter, Gina & Fredi Fischli
In this new episode of bauhaus faces, we dive into the life and work of Hans Fischli. Often overlooked in broader Bauhaus stories, Fischli worked across architecture, painting, sculpture, and teaching—leaving a mark that’s still felt today. To get a sense of his impact, I spoke with the people who knew him best: his son, the artist Peter Fischli; his grandson, curator Fredi Fischli, who is currently preparing an exhibition on Hans Fischli at Zentrum Paul Klee in Berne; and his granddaughter, the artist Gina Fischli. Together, they share personal stories and reflections on their (grand-)father’s architectural and artistic work. 🎧 Listen on bauhausfaces.com or on all major podcast platforms! SHOW NOTES bauhausfaces.com | @bauhausfacespodcast | YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts EXHIBITION OF HANS FISCHLI'S WORK JAN 24 2026 bis APRIL 26, 2026 AT ZENTRUM PAUL KLEE GLOSSARY "Schlehstud" – name for Fischli’s first house, built in 1933 Reihenhaus – town house, terraced house Goldküste – gold coast Bauzonen – building zones Baugrube – building pit Filetstück – filet piece (which means the best piece of them all) Verkehrswege – traffic paths (the ways that you use to move around in a building) Gesinnung – state of mind, mindset Maßanzug anziehen – to put on a tailor-made suit Siedlung – estate, settlement Landesausstellung „Landi“ – National exhibition Chef-Adjutant – chief assistant Rekrutenschule – recruit training Planungsstab – planning department Heimatstil – local, folklore style Gartenbauausstellung – Gardening exhibition geistiger Widerstand – intellectual resistance Unaufgeregte Moderne – unagitated modernity Kunstgewerbeschule – School of Applied Arts, Zurich Wettbewerb – competition LITERATURE ABOUT HANS FISCHLI Christa Zeller: „"Die Zeit der Baukünstler ist vorbei’: Zum architektonischen Werk von Hans Fischli“, in: Werk, Bauen + Wohnen, issue 76, No. 6, 1989, https://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/view?pid=wbw-004:1989:76::1748#646 Karl Jost: Hans Fischli. Architekt, Maler, Bildhauer, Zürich: gta, 1992 Hans Fischli. Meilen, Ortsmuseum Meilen, 1990 Hans Fischli: Rapport bebildert, Zürich, 1978 TV INTERNIEWS WITH HANS FISCHLI Karussell, 22 Sep 1981, SRF Das Monatsmagazin, „Die drei Berufe des Hans Fischli“, 17 Oct 1979, SRF, WORKS AND LETTERS BY HANS FISCHLI https://www.sik-isea.ch/de-ch/Über-uns COVER PHOTO Portrait of Hans Fischli, https://www.baukultur-waedenswil.ch/fischli-hans.html CHAPTER IMAGES 01/02 Portrait of Hans Fischli, https://www.baukultur-waedenswil.ch/fischli-hans.html 03 Hans Fischli: Zellengebilde, 1929, https://teojakob.ch/de/aktuell/hans-fischli/ 04 Neubühl housing estate, Zurich, 1932, Stadt Zürich, public domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1607352 05 Hans Fischli: „Schlehstud“ House, Obermeilen, 1933, by Port(uo)s, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28060617 06 Hans Fischli: Workers’ settlement „Gwad“, Wädenswil, 1943, https://www.baukultur-waedenswil.ch/anhang-architektenlexikon-der-schweiz-1998-2077.html 07 Hans Fischli: Zig zag north facade of the Feller AG, 1953, by Port(uo)s, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28060617 08 Landi, 1939, Stadt Zürich, public domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1607352 09 Hans Fischli in his studio, 1944, Schweizerisches Kunstarchiv, https://www.sik-isea.ch/it-ch/Archivio-darte-Biblioteca/Archivio-darte/Fondi-archivistici/Vetrina-virtuale/Details/content/2475 10 Hans Fischli and employees of his office, ca. 1940, Schweizerisches Kunstarchiv, https://www.sik-isea.ch/it-ch/Archivio-darte-Biblioteca/Archivio-darte/Fondi-archivistici/Vetrina-virtuale/Details/content/2475
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Oct 10, 2025 · 1 hr 1 minANNI & JOSEF ALBERS | Brenda Danilowitz
In the latest episode of “bauhaus faces,” we dive into the remarkable story of another iconic Bauhaus couple: Anni and Josef Albers. Their lives and legacies are deeply intertwined— from their first meeting in 1922 in Weimar to their lasting impact on art, design, and education in the US. Anni, who would later shortly lead the weaving workshop at the Bauhaus and then at Black Mountain College, and Josef, a visionary "young master" of the preliminary course, fled Nazi persecution in 1933. In the U.S., they helped shape the Black Mountain College and continued to innovate—Anni in textiles and jewelry, Josef in teaching and painting. Inspired by their travels to Mexico and their love for geometric forms, their art resonates to this day. Join me and Brenda Danilowitz, Chief Curator of The Josef & Anni Albers Foundation, as we explore the incredible journey of this Bauhaus power couple. SHOW NOTES bauhausfaces.com | @bauhausfacespodcast | YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts The Josef & Anni Albers Foundation | @albersfoundation (Instagram) PHOTOS BY JOSEF ALBERS https://www.albersfoundation.org/art/highlights/andreas-grote-frühjahr-30-mama-andreas-grote-spring-30-mother | https://www.albersfoundation.org/art/highlights/tenayuca-mexico_1976-7-632 | https://www.albersfoundation.org/art/highlights/aspen-summer-51 ANJA GUTTENBERGER: „Festive and Theatrical. The Mask Photos of Gertrud Arndt and Josef Albers as an Expression of Festival Culture“, https://www.bauhaus-imaginista.org/articles/4273/festive-and-theatrical HOMAGE TO THE SQUARE SERIES https://www.albersfoundation.org/art/highlights/study-for-homage-to-the-square-lone-light JOAQUÍN BARRIENDOS: „Josef Albers and the Pre-Columbian Artisan“, https://www.bauhaus-imaginista.org/articles/6263/josef-albers-and-the-pre-columbian-artisan JEAN CHARLOT: „Nature and the Art of Josef Albers,” College Art Journal 15, no. 3, Spring 1956, https://vault.jeancharlot.org/english-texts/1956%20Nat%20Art%20Albers.pdf MEANDER WEAVINGS https://www.albersfoundation.org/art/highlights/red-meander | https://www.albersfoundation.org/art/highlights/black-white-gold-i JEWELRY BY ANNI ALBERS https://www.albersfoundation.org/tags/jewelry BRENDA DANILOWITZ, "Working From Where We Are – Anni Albers’ and Alex Reed’s Jewelry Collection", https://www.bauhaus-imaginista.org/articles/3094/working-from-where-we-are DIY: Washer and ribbon neon necklace tutorial http://maikonagao.blogspot.com/2013/04/diy-washer-and-ribbon-neon-necklace.html STEN NADOLNY, "ULLSTEINROMAN" (2003): https://www.ullstein.de/werke/ullsteinroman/taschenbuch/9783548269863 COVER PHOTO: Josef and Anni Albers in Dessau, Germany, ca. 1925, Photographer unknown, Courtesy the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation
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Aug 23, 2025 · 1 hr 51 minMAX BILL (BONUS 2) | Angela Thomas & Erich Schmid
BONUS EPISODE 2 – DEUTSCH
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Jul 25, 2025 · 58 minPAUL KLEE | Fabienne Eggelhöfer
Did you know that in his final year alone, Klee created 1,253 works? A cornerstone of Bauhaus art, Klee’s influence is undeniable, but his story begins much earlier. From aspiring musician following his family’s footsteps to the painter who “discovered color” in Tunisia, his artistic journey is nothing short of remarkable. His tenure at the then-young Bauhaus alongside legends like Wassily Kandinsky helped shape generations of artists, despite the challenges of balancing teaching and creating. This episode offers an exclusive insider look into the man behind the art, his teaching legacy, and why understanding Klee’s story changes how we see his work today. Don’t miss this deep dive into one of the Bauhaus movement’s brightest stars. Hit play now and subscribe for more stories that bring art history to life! SHOW NOTES bauhausfaces.com | @bauhausfacespodcast | YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts Zentrum Paul Klee, Berne Paul Klee – Bildnerische Form- und Gestaltungslehre** BOOKS BY PAUL KLEE Jürgen Glaesmer (ed.): Paul Klee. Beiträge zur bildnerischen Formlehre (1921–22), 1999 Felix Klee (ed.): Paul Klee. Tagebücher 1898–1918, 1995 Paul Klee: Pedagogical Sketchbook, New York 1953 PAUL KLEE'S ART WORK IN MUSEUMS Zentrum Paul Klee, Berne San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA) Centre Pompidou, Paris Pinkothek der Moderne, Munich Berggruen Museum, Berlin Lenbachhaus, Munich COVER PHOTO Lily Klee: Portrait of Paul Klee in Düsseldorf, April 1933, Zentrum Paul Klee CHAPTER IMAGES 1 Signature by Paul Klee, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/PaulKlee 2 Alexander Eliasberg: Portrait of Paul Klee in Munich, 1911, Zentrum Paul Klee 3 Paul Klee: In the houses of St. Germain, 1914, Zentrum Paul Klee 4 Felix Klee (?): Paul Klee in his atelier at the Bauhaus in Weimar, 1924, Zentrum Paul Klee 5 Paul Klee: Departure of the ships, 1927, Zentrum Paul Klee 6 Paul Klee: Teaching notes, 1921, Zentrum Paul Klee 7 Paul Klee: Pedagogical Sketchbook, 1924, https://monoskop.org/images/7/73/KleePaulPaedagogischesSkizzenbuch_1925.pdf 8 Paul Klee: Côte de Provence 1, 1927, Zentrum Paul Klee 9 Lily Klee: Paul Klee in Düsseldorf, 1933, Zentrum Paul Klee 10 Fee Meisel: Paul and Lily Klee with cat Bimbo in Berne, 1935, Zentrum Paul Klee 11 Felix Klee: Paul Klee in his atelier in Berne, 1938, Zentrum Paul Klee PAUL KLEE'S PLAYLIST (Podcast)
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Jun 16, 2025 · 1 hrHANNES MEYER (1/3) | Dara Kiese & Thomas Flierl
In this new episode of “bauhaus faces” we talk about Hannes Meyer, the second Bauhaus director. PART 1 concentrates on Hannes Meyer’s formative years and his involvement in cooperativism and collectivism, his first steps as architect and artist, and then on to his pivotal role at the Bauhaus in Dessau. What was new when he became second director of the Bauhaus? And why did he have to leave the Bauhaus all at once after two successful years? The US-American art-historian Dara Kiese, who wrote her PhD thesis about Hannes Meyer’s holistic education at the Bauhaus, and former Senator for Culture in Berlin and art-historian Thomas Flierl help tell the story of Hannes Meyer in this 1st part. The Meyer era of the Bauhaus ended in summer of 1930 when he is dismissed by the Dessau magistrate in absence from the school. The political tensions between the far left and the far right now became palpable. A communist cell had emerged at the Bauhaus, for which Meyer was blamed responsible. His peak in Germany was now beginning to decline and Meyer decided that it was time to try and establish himself in the Soviet Union – in a country from which he expected freedom of thought and a fulfilment of his architectural visions. Little did he know … SHOW NOTES bauhausfaces.com | @bauhausfacespodcast | YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts Hannes Meyer: The new world [Die neue Welt] (1926) https://thecharnelhouse.org/2015/09/10/hannes-meyer-the-new-world-die-neue-welt-1926/ Thomas Flierl/Philipp Oswalt (eds.): Im Streit der Deutungen/Conflicting Interpretations, 2019, Spector books Dara Kiese: „Holistic Education“, in: Philipp Oswalt (ed.): Hannes Meyer's New Bauhaus Pedagogy. From Dessau to Mexico, 2021, Spector books Dara Kiese: „Bauhaus-PR unter Hannes Meyer und Mies van der Rohe“, in: Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin/Patrick Rössler (ed.): bauhaus-kommunikation. Innovative Strategien im Umgang mit Medien, interner und externer Öffentlichkeit, Gebr. Mann Verlag, 2009 Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau/Wolfgang Thöner/Karoline Lemke (eds.): bauhaus. sprachrohr der studierenden. organ der kostufra, 2022, Spector books Wolfgang Thöner / Florian Strob / Andreas Schätzke (eds.): Linke Waffe Kunst. Die Kommunistische Studentenfraktion am Bauhaus, 2022, Birkhäuser Verlag CHAPTER IMAGES 1 Portrait of Hannes Meyer, ca. 1938, https://www.marx21.de/100-jahre-bauhaus-hannes-meyer/ 2 Hannes Meyer, Freidorf, Muttenz, photo: Siedlungsgenossenschaft Freidorf, 1989, https://www.heimatkunde-muttenz.ch/siedlung/siedlung/aus-den-quartieren/freidorf/fotos-freidorf?start=1#gallery0-5 3/4/6/7 Bauhaus Dessau, Workshop wing from the south-west, 1925/26, photo: Spyrosdrakopoulos, 2014, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38946836 5 ADGB Trade Union School Bernau, 1928–30, Post card, 1930, Archive bbb e.V. 8 Wolfgang Thöner / Florian Strob / Andreas Schätzke (Hg.): Linke Waffe Kunst. Die Kommunistische Studentenfraktion am Bauhaus, 2022, https://birkhauser.de/de/book/9783035624892 9 Lotte Gerson-Collein, Portrait of Hannes Meyer, c. 1930, https://www.markanto.de/fotografie-hannes-meyer.html
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Jun 15, 2025 · 1 hrHANNES MEYER (2/3) | Tatiana Efrussi
In August 1930, Hannes Meyer was dismissed from the Bauhaus amid rising communist activism and his inability to control it. A 1931 caricature by Adolf Hofmeister humorously captures Meyer clutching the hammer and sickle, symbolizing his unwavering commitment to socialism. Despite his departure, Meyer’s Bauhaus legacy endures in photographs and memories, but his true passion was always for the revolutionary proletariat cause. Shortly after leaving Germany, Meyer declared in a 1930 Pravda interview his conviction that architecture must serve socialism, prompting his move to the Soviet Union. There, from 1930 to 1936, he immersed himself in numerous projects that embodied his vision of a socialist culture in the making—a period so rich it inspired an entire book by Tatiana Efrussi. In this episode, she will talk about her research results. This episode of bauhaus faces explores Meyer’s Soviet years and his subsequent attempt to support the socialist revolution in Spain. But Meyer’s story doesn’t end there. In the final part, Mexican art historian Raquel Franklin will reveal his later work in Mexico and his final years in Switzerland. Join us as we continue to unravel the complex life and enduring impact of one of the Bauhaus’s most politically charged figures. SHOW NOTES bauhausfaces.com | @bauhausfacespodcast | YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts PUBLICATIONS AND ARTICLES Tatiana Efrussi: Hannes Meyer – Soviet Architect. Life and Work in the USSR, 1930–1936, 2025 Anja Guttenberger & Astrid Volpert: Praised, Sentenced, Forgotten, Rediscovered – 62 Members of the Bauhaus in the Land of the Soviets, Interview, 2019 Tatiana Efrussi & Yuri Palmin: Bauhaus in Russia – Haunted Houses, 2019 Adrian Rifkin: Meyer’s Russia, or the Land that Never Was, 2019 Ursula Muscheler: Das rote Bauhaus. Eine Geschichte von Hoffnung und Scheitern, 2016 BAUHAUS EXHIBITION, MOSCOW, 1931 Hannes Meyer: The Moscow Bauhaus Exhibition Catalogue, 1931, Translation Tatiana Efrussi: After the Ball – Hannes Meyer Presenting the Bauhaus in Moscow, 2019 COVER PHOTO Lotte Gerson-Collein, Portrait of Hannes Meyer, 1928, https://www.markanto.de/fotografie-hannes-meyer.html, © Ursula Kirsten-Collein CHAPTER IMAGES 1 Adolf Hofmeister, Cartoon of Hannes Meyer, 1930, Source: hannes meyer mluví. Tvorba. Praha, roč. IV. 40. 8 říjen 1931 2/3 Natja Catalan, Tibor Weiner, Philipp Tolziner, Konrad Püschel, Margarete Mengel, Lilya Polgar, Anton Urban – members of the “Hannes Meyer architectural group” in Moscow, mid-1930s, https://thecharnelhouse.org/2013/05/30/hannes-meyer-and-the-red-bauhaus-brigade-in-the-soviet-union-1930-1937/581587_513757591971194_1666790961_n/ 4 Hannes Meyer, Béla Scheffler und Arkadij Mordvinov in Moskau, 1930-31, in: AIZ, Vol. 1, 1931, p. 19 5 Exhibition Bauhaus Dessau: Period of Hannes Meyer’s Directorship 1928-1930 at Moscow State Museum of Modern Western Art (GMNZI), 1931, https://www.bauhaus-imaginista.org/articles/2083/after-the-ball 6 Hannes Meyer delivering a speech at WASI in the Soviet Union, 1930, https://thecharnelhouse.org/2013/05/30/hannes-meyer-and-the-red-bauhaus-brigade-in-the-soviet-union-1930-1937/hannes-meyer-delivering-a-speech-at-wasi-in-the-soviet-union-2/ 7 Show trial with Hannes Meyer in the audience, in: Tatiana Efrussi: Hannes Meyer. Soviet Architect. Life and Work in the USSR, 1930–1936 8/9 Planning for Nizhni-Kurinsk on the Kama River in co-operation with a brigade of the Standardgor project, in: Claude Schnaidt: Hannes Meyer”, Bauten, Projekte und Schriften, Buildings, projects and writings, 1965, p. 67 10 Lotte Gerson-Collein, Portrait of Hannes Meyer, 1928, https://www.markanto.de/fotografie-hannes-meyer.html, © Ursula Kirsten-Collein 11 Exterior view of the Mümliswil memorial, photo by Markus Beyeler / Guido Fluri Stiftung, 2013, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=151638808
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Jun 14, 2025 · 1 hr 11 minHANNES MEYER (3/3) | Raquel Franklin
We have ended part 2 with Hannes Meyer leaving the Soviet Union to go and help build a socialist republic in Spain which was interrupted by the Franco coup and left Meyer in limbo in his home country, Switzerland. Here, he married Lena Bergner in 1937 – they already had a daughter, Lilo, back then. In 1938 to 1939 Hannes Meyer built the orphanage Mümliswil, which I have discussed more extensively at the end of part 2. In this new episode I have invited the Mexican art-historian Raquel Franklin to talk about Meyer’s next and last emigration to Mexico between 1938 and 1949, about which she wrote her PhD thesis. What were his goals and opportunities? Was Meyer really a spy for the Soviets? What was the Black book of Nazi terror and Meyer’s role in it? And why did he leave Mexico, too, ending up again in Switzerland and not in another socialist country like the GDR? As in parts 1 and 2 I will bring in former Berlin Senator for Culture Thomas Flierl to share his research results and expertise, too. SHOW NOTES bauhausfaces.com | @bauhausfacespodcast | YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts PUBLICATIONS AND ARTICLES Raquel Franklin: Of Art and Politics – Hannes Meyer and the Workshop of Popular Graphics, 2019 Sandra Neugärtner: Die Sozialisierung des Wissens und das Streben nach Deutungsmacht – Lena Bergners Transfer der Isotype nach Mexiko, 2019 Marion von Osten: Ein Wanderleben – von Dessau über Moskau nach Mexiko – Hannes Meyer und Lena Bergner und die Künste, 2019 Daniel Talesnik: Moving Away to the Other End of the World – Reflections on the Letters Between Tibor Weiner and Hannes Meyer from the DAM Archive, 2019 Thomas Flierl/Philipp Oswalt (eds.): Im Streit der Deutungen/Conflicting Interpretations, 2019, Spector books COVER IMAGE Portrait of Hannes Meyer, 1928 (photo by Lotte Beese), https://thecharnelhouse.org/2015/08/09/bauhaus-director-hannes-meyers-adventures-in-the-soviet-union-1930-1936/hannes-meyer-1928-photo-by-lotte-beese/ CHAPTER IMAGES 1/2/3 Portrait of Hannes Meyer, 1928 (photo by Lotte Beese), https://thecharnelhouse.org/2015/08/09/bauhaus-director-hannes-meyers-adventures-in-the-soviet-union-1930-1936/hannes-meyer-1928-photo-by-lotte-beese/ 4 Hannes Meyer, Draft for Colonia obrera de Las Lomas de Becerra, 1942, https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Hannes_Meyer,_Colonia_Orbrera_de_las_Lomas,Mexico(1942).jpg 5 CAPFCE Exhibition in the Palace of Fine Arts, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Archiv der Moderne, https://www.bauhaus-imaginista.org/articles/2771/of-art-and-politics 6 El libro negro del terror nazi en europa (The Black Book of Nazi Terror in Europe), Mexico City, 1943; published by Hannes Meyer at the Austrian/German exile publishing house "el libro libre" during WW2 in Mexico, https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:El_libro_negro_del_terror_nazi_en_europa.jpg 7/8 Hannes Meyer in Mexico (detail), Archivo General de la Nacion de México
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Apr 14, 2025 · 1 hr 13 minLUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE (1/2) | Wita Noack & Fritz Neumeyer
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886–1969) was a pioneering modernist architect. Born in Aachen, he started as a bricklayer before moving to Berlin, where he worked for Bruno Paul and Peter Behrens. His first major commission, the Riehl House (1907), showed early signs of modernism. In 1921, he changed his name, marking his shift to modern architecture while maintaining classical influences. As vice president of the German Werkbund, he led the "Die Wohnung" exhibition (1927), cementing his reputation. In 1930, he became Bauhaus director, striving to protect it from Nazi repression. After the school closed in 1933, Mies attempted to continue working in Germany, even accepting Nazi commissions, a decision he later had to justify. In 1938, he emigrated to the U.S., becoming director of the Armour Institute (later IIT) in Chicago. There, he designed iconic buildings like the Farnsworth House and the Seagram Building, defining modernist architecture, only returning once to Germany to design the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin in the 1960s. For the first part of the Mies podcast, I invited Wita Noack, as head of the Mies van der Rohe Haus in Berlin a true expert about House Lemke where the institution is situated, and Fritz Neumeyer, THE Mies expert in Germany, who published several books about Mies van der Rohe and his work during the past 40 years. This episode has been supported by The Mies van der Rohe house. SHOW NOTES bauhausfaces.com | @bauhausfacespodcast | YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts Mies van der Rohe Haus, Berlin https://www.miesvanderrohehaus.de Baukunst Academy https://baukunstacademy.com PUBLICATIONS & ARTICLES Fritz Neumeyer: Mies van der Rohe. Das kunstlose Wort, 1986 https://dom-publishers.com/products/mies-van-der-rohe?_pos=1&_sid=0b3fb4d76&_ss=r Fritz Neumeyer: Ausgebootet: Mies van der Rohe und das Bauhaus 1933 Outside the Bauhaus – Mies van der Rohe and Berlin in 1933, 2021 https://formundzweck.de/produkt/ausgebootet-mies-van-der-rohe-und-das-bauhaus-1933/ WORKS BY MIES VAN DER ROHE AT THE MoMA](https://www.moma.org/collection/works/87763](https://www.moma.org/collection/works/87763)** MIES VAN DER ROHE PAPERS AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, WASHINGTON, USA MIES BUILDINGS IN GERMANY MIES BUILDINGS IN THE US MIES INTERNATIONAL BUILDINGS ALL BUILDING BY MIES VAN DER ROHE [EDITH FARNSWORTH HOUSE](https://edithfarnsworthhouse.org](https://edithfarnsworthhouse.org) INTERVIEW WITH MIES Interview with Mies van der Rohe, ARD Mediathek, 1961 COVER PHOTO Portrait of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1934), Hugo Erfurth – MKG Sammlung Online, in the public domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=86431569](https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=86431569 CHAPTER IMAGES 1 Portrait of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1934), Hugo Erfurth - MKG Sammlung Online, in the public domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=86431569 2 House Riehl, Neubabelsberg, 1907, in: Moderne Bauformen, 1910, S. 43, https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/moderne_bauformen1910/0069/scroll 3 Glass high-rise in Friedrichstraße, 1921, photo: https://de.pinterest.com/pin/304133781074417934/ 4 Weißenhof housing estate, apartment house by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Stuttgart, 1927, photo: 2005 by Shaqspeare, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=786531 5 Barcelona Pavilion, 1929 photo: 1999, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=52977) 6 Cover of publication “Ausgebootet” by Fritz Neumeyer/Mies van der Rohe Haus, 2021 7 Bauhaus Dessau, photo: 2014 by Spyrosdrakopoulos, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38946836 8 House Lemke, 1932-33, photo: 2011, Manfred Brückels, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16727134 9 Crown Hall at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago, 1956, photo: 2001 by Joe Ravi, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15260356 10 Seagram Building, New York, 1954-1958, photo: 2017 by Ken OHYAMA, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=101432008 11 Farnsworth House, Plano (Illinois), 1945-50, photo: 2013, by Victor Grigas - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=42288793 12 New National Gallery, Berlin, 1968, photo: 2021 by A. Savin, FAL, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=117652895