Walter Gropius : an illustrated biography - An Illustrated Biography

Une biographie visuelle de cet architecte fondateur du Bauhaus. Elle retrace en images son parcours, ses expériences durant la Première Guerre mondiale, son mariage mouvementé avec Alma Mahler, la naissance du Bauhaus, le décès de sa fille Manon ou encore sa décision de quitter l'Allemagne nazie en 1933. L'ouvrage comporte de nombreuses archives.

About the author

Leyla Daybelge and Magnus Englund are self-confessed 'Bauhaus obessives', with a specialist interest in Walter Gropius. They are co-authors of the 2019 book Isokon and the Bauhaus in Britain, detailing the little-known story of Walter Gropius's life and work in London during the 1930s. Magnus and Leyla have delivered dozens of highly acclaimed lectures on the Bauhaus and Walter Gropius.

Summary

A stunning visual biography of the life of Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus, and one of the world's most influential architects

Product details

• Authors: Leyla Daybelge, Magnus Englund, Englund Magnus
• Publisher: Phaidon
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2022
• EAN: 9781838664213
• ISBN: 978-1-83866-421-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 250 mm x 320 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 2326 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Individual architects & architectural firms, ARCHITECTURE / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), Biography: arts & entertainment, Biography: arts and entertainment, Individual architects and architectural firms