Artist Tristan Tzara (1896 – 1963) reported from Berlin for the editors at Vanity Fair on what’s new in German art. With tremendous enthusiasm he explained everything that was going on throughout all the studios – he did not hold back – every name brand is included: Schwitters, Klee, Kandinsky, Lehmbruck, Gropius and the Bauhaus:
“As a result of political events, the citadel of the Expressionists is now the art school at Weimar, put by the Government at their disposal, in which the best-known artists have become teachers. It is run by the architect W. Gropius. He has conceived buildings that are striking in their elemental simplicity, utility, and good proportions. Factories with glass towers, houses that shine like precious stones, and lately, the theatre in Jena, are among the newest efforts. Gropius has also done a monument to the workers killed during the revolution at Weiman, which is an endeavor to translate into stone, a tragic and powerful idea.”
Another article about German art from this period can be read here…
In 1922, Tristan Tzara wrote an article about Dada – that can be read here.
Click here to read more about the Bauhaus.
