Art and Architecture

The Story of Bauhaus

A Visual Journey Though the Legacy of the Renowned Movement

Geometric. Precise. Understated. The style of Bauhaus is commonly characterised as a combination of craftsmanship and art, evident in its emphasis on form and function. La Prairie finds inspiration in Bauhaus codes to infuse its creations with the same pure aesthetic.

Photo credits: Bauhaus building in Dessau by Walter Gropius , photo ©2014 Jean Molitor; Portrait of architect Walter Gropius by Hubmann, Franz, Berlin, 1955, ©2021, Photo Austrian Archives/Scala Florence; German School, Number 1, Volume 3 of the “Bauhaus” magazine. 1929, Christie's Images Limited, ©2021 Christie's Images, London/Scala, Florence; Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig (1886-1969): Brno Chair, 1929-30. New York, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Gift of Philip Johnson. Acc. n.: 411.1976, ©2021, The Museum of Modern Art, New York/Scala, Florence; Kandinsky, Wassily: Orange, 1923. New York, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Publisher and printer: Staatliches Bauhaus, Weimar, ©2021The Museum of Modern Art, New York/Scala, Florence; Klee, Paul: Portrait of an Equilibrist, 1927, New York, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund, 1966, ©2021 The Museum of Modern Art, New York/Scala, Florence; Kandinsky, Wassily: Postcard for Bauhaus Exhibition Weimar July - September 1923, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Gift of Penelope Seidler, ©2021 The Museum of Modern Art, New York/Scala, Florence; Klee, Paul: Motion of a Landscape, 1914, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Gift of Janice and Henri Lazarof, ©2021 Digital Image Museum Associates/LACMA/Art Resource NY/Scala, Florence; Moholy Nagy, Laszlo: D IV. 1922, Buffalo (NY), Albright-Knox Art Gallery, George B. and Jenny R. Mathews Fund, 1973, ©2021 Albright Knox Art Gallery/Art Resource, NY/Scala, Florence; Haus Schminke, Loebau, Germany, 1932 by Hans_Scharoun, photo ©2014 Jean Molitor; Building Salomon Benalal in Casablanca, Marocco by Joseph und Elias Suraqui,1931, photo ©2016 Jean Molitor; Villa Hásek, Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic, by Heinrich_Lauterbach, 1931, photo ©2014 Jean Molitor; University in Delhi, India, by Jugal Kishore,1961, photo ©2014 Jean Molitor; Building in Madrid, Spain, by Rafael Bergamin Gutiérrez, Luis Felipe Vivanco, 1933, photo ©2015 Jean Molitor.