Students of the weaving workshop of master weaver Kurt Wanke in a loom [Authorship uncertain], (Leben am Bauhaus: Gruppenportrait der Weberinnen hinter einem Webstuhl in der Weberei Bauhaus Dessau), 1927-1928 | src Kunst Archive
Webereistudierende der Klasse von Webmeister Kurt Wanke im Webstuhl [Urheberschaft unklar], 1927-1928
Lotte Beese (Lotte Stam-Beese), Anni Albers, Ljuba Monastirsky, Rosa Berger, Gunta Stölzl, Otti Berger, Webmeister Kurt Wanke
Lisbeth Birmann-Oestreicher, Gertrud Preiswerk, Helene Bergner (Léna Meyer-Bergner), Grete (Margaretha) Reichardt.
Gunta Stölzl 5 March 1897-1983 in Munich was a German textile artist who played a fundamental role in the development of the Bauhaus school’s weaving workshop. As the Bauhaus’s only female master she created enormous change within the weaving department as it transitioned from individual pictorial works to modern industrial designs. She would assist Marcel Breuer in upholstering many of his furniture pieces. She was inspired by Johannes Itten, who also taught at Bauhaus, and Itten’s works exploring the use and composition of color.
Wall hanging "Slit Tapestry Red/Green" 1927/28
Study for a Wall Hanging - Split Tapestry Red/Green, 1927
Marcel Breuer, Gunta Stölzl, Oskar Schlemmer, Wassily Kandinsky, Walter Gropius and the "half" man on the right Herbert Bayer - 1928
Gunta Stölzl (1897-1983) was a German textile artist who played a fundamental role in the development of the Bauhaus school's weaving workshop, where she created enormous change as it transitioned from individual pictorial works to modern industrial designs. She was one of a small number of female teachers on the Bauhaus' staff and the first to hold the title of "Master".
The women of the Bauhaus: often unrecognized masters of modernism. Their contributions to design, art and architecture were essential to the movement. It's time to celebrate these pioneers and honor their legacy.
“The original weaving of this important hanging was destroyed during the Second World War. It was rewoven by Gunta Stölzl and 'AA' is embroidered in the bottom right hand corner.” - V&A