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The Bauhaus was a revolutionary school based in Germany, founded by architect Walter Gropius in 1919. The Bauhaus philosophy emphasized the unification of art, craft, design, and technology, and its emphasis on function eventually propelled modernist ideals into mass production with the motto “Art into Industry.”
Originally based in Weimar, the Bauhaus moved into a purpose-built school in Dessau in 1925. In 1930, it moved to Berlin, but increased political uncertainty led to its operating on a smaller scale, and it eventually closed in 1933 when the Third Reich took power. During its run, Bauhaus luminaries included Josef and Anni Albers, Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, László Moholy-Nagy, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and many more, many of whom emigrated to U.S. due to pressures in Germany.