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GUNTA STöLZL

Gunta Stölzl (b. Munich, 1897-1983) studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Munich from 1914-1916, then at the Bauhaus Weimar from 1919-1925. As the director of the weaving workshop at the Bauhaus Dessau from 1925-1931, she turned it into one of the most financially successful enterprises at the school. Her work reflects the innovative and progressive concepts of the Bauhaus movement, and a highly experimental and self-assured approach to textiles. After resigning from the Bauhaus, she founded a weaving workshop in Zurich, where she continued to work until her death in 1983.
Gunta Stölzl: Bauhaus Master
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Gunta Stölzl

 

"Does woven fabric present a challenge for mankind's creative desire? Yes! For woven fabrics form an aesthetic whole: a composition of form, color, and substance into unity. In all fields of design today, there is a striving for universal laws and order. Thus, we in the weaving workshop have also set ourselves the task of exploring the basic laws of our field of specialization. Whereas, for instance, in the early days of our work at the Bauhaus, principles of pictorial images formed our foundation--a woven piece was a painting made of wool, so to speak--today it is clear to us that a woven piece is always a serviceable object, which is equally determined by its function as well as its means of production.

Weaving is primarily a woman's field. Play with form and color, an enhanced sensitivity to material, the ability to feel and adapt strongly, more rhythmic than logical thinking are all predispositions with which the female character is generally equipped, which makes women particularly able to achieve great creativity in the field of textiles."

 

Gunta Stölzl, excerpted from Gunta Stölzl: Bauhaus Master, The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Gunta Stölzl: Bauhaus Master
Foreword by Monika Stadler. Text by Gunta Stölzl. Gunta Stölzl (1897-1983) was the only woman to teach at the Bauhaus, the twentieth century's most important school of design, architecture and art. A pioneer in textile design, Stölzl was head of the weaving workshop, >>more
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
ISBN 9780870707735
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Hbk, 8 x 9 in. / 144 pgs / 65 color / 45 b&w.
Pub Date: 07/31/2009 Active/In stock
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