Pioneers

First women of the Bauhaus school in Weimar.

Ilse Fehling

1896-1982

Ilse Fehling

Abstract sculpture

1922

Marguerite Friedlaender-Wildenhain

Model of an airplane cup

1932

Marguerite Friedlaender-Wildenhain

At the wheel at Pond Farm.

1950

Lilly Reich

1885-1947

Lilly Reich

Thonet chair

1936

Before I even signed up for my courses this fall I'd bought the book, Bauhaus Women by Ulrike Muller, intrigued by how women studied at the school, in such male dominated fields: wood, metal, photography, ceramics and even textiles (as a whole regarded as a 'woman's field). It's not surprise I decided to write my paper (due next week -ack!) on the same subject.

I'm very intrigued at how the world was back in the early 19th century for these pioneer women. Despite the extreme sexism, even with the shroud of 'equality between the sexes' stated by Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius, these women became successful and unconsciously made a crack in the glass ceiling for female artists.

So here is another post on Bauhaus and putting faces and incredible work with the pioneers of that time and place.

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