Gunta Stolzl Rug

Rugs by gunta stölzl.

Gunta stolzl rug.

Her textile work is thought to typify the distinctive. Gradually a change took place. Gunta stölzl 5 march 1897 22 april 1983 was a german textile artist who played a fundamental role in the development of the bauhaus school s weaving workshop. Gunta stölzl design for rug 1926 gouache on paper.

Manufacturers like the spanish rug company gan have paid homage to her work. She was mostly active during the 1920s and 1930s creating textiles with expertise learned at the bauhaus. If you would like to reproduce an image of a work of art in moma s collection or an image of a moma publication or archival material including. In the development of the bauhaus weaving workshop 1931 stölzl said this about the weimar years.

We began to sense how pretentious these independent unique pieces were. In 1997 designer christopher farr and business partner matthew bourne also worked with the stölzl family to produce rugs from her original designs. In addition she sold a few designs in the 1970s. Tablecloths curtains wall coverings.

The timeless textiles of gunta stölzl. There are 10 232 design works online. We would like to show you a description here but the site won t allow us. Gunta stölzl has 56 works online.

Translation of part of the article die entwicklung der bauhausweberei published in the journal bauhaus july 1931. There are 647 textiles online. Being one of the earliest students to arrive she soon became head of the weaving workshop from 1926 to 1931. Later she became a weaving master teaching and passing along her skill and craft to other weavers.

The development of the bauhaus weaving workshop gunta stölzl the transfer to dessau brought the weaving workshop as well as all the other workshops and departments new and healthier conditions. Gunta stölzl was an iconic textile artist whose works have changed the world. Gunta stölzl was confident as well as driven when she arrived at the bauhaus in 1919. As the only female master of the bauhaus textile artist gunta stölzl is arguably the single most influential figure in the modern history of western woven art.

Click here to view gunta stolzl s work online. Gunta stölzl s diaries recall how paul klee also had a great love of textiles and while the weavers were incredibly influenced by his use of colour klee s paintings were also informed by the creations of the weaving workshop. Gunta stölzl bauhaus dessau. Under her leadership the school s weaving workshop was transformed from a neglected department to one of its most successful facilities.