Architectural Blue, Herbert Bayer

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Herbert Bayer, Architectural Blue
Herbert Bayer, Architectural Blue
Herbert Bayer
Architectural Blue
1958
Herbert Bayer, artist
1900–1985
Architectural Blue, 1958
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: oil; canvas
Dimensions:
Canvas/Support (Height x Width x Depth): 127 x 152.4 cm
Canvas/Support (Height x Width x Depth): 50 x 60 in
Credit line: Gift of Curtis Besinger in memory of Frederic A. "Fritz" and Fabienne "Fabi" Benedict
Accession number: 1998.0723
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Archive Label 2003: Bayer was an extremely important figure to the Bauhaus movement, which was founded in Germany and profoundly influenced twentieth-century design. Bauhaus principles called for a total integration of the arts and for an awareness of the technology and materials of industrial production. In 1921 Bayer, who had no previous artistic training, joined the Bauhaus. Just four years later, Bayer was appointed as one of its directors and served in this capacity until 1928. Bayer immigrated to the United States in 1938. Here he continued to spread the Bauhaus tenets of unification of the arts. In 1946 he was named the design consultant for the development of Aspen, Colorado, as a ski resort and the architect of the Aspen Institute of Humanistic Studies.