Bauhaus (Canada) 101

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Dr. Oliver Botar

Unidentified Canadian designer, table in lacquered wood and metal;

Wilhelm Wagenfeld, two teapots, Jenaer Glaswerk; László Moholy-Nagy and Studio, publicity brochures for Jenaer Glaswerk, all ca. 1930s.

Opening Reception & Lecture by curator Dr. Botar: Thursday, February 13, 2020 from 4:30 - 9:00 PM (a lecture by Dr. Botar will begin at 6:00 PM, ARTlab 136).

The School of Art Gallery is pleased to present Bauhaus (Canada) 101, the only major exhibition in Canada to celebrate the centenary of the Bauhaus, the legendary German design school. This exhibition provides a crash course on the Bauhaus, founded in 1919. It offers insight into the school’s influence on Canadian architecture, furniture design, graphic design, art and pedagogy.

A good number of Canadians studied under the former Bauhaus directors Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies van Der Rohe, and important Bauhaus pedagogues such as Marcel Breuer, László Moholy-Nagy, Josef Albers and György Kepes, all of whom had settled in the Unites States just before WWII. These Canadian students then brought Bauhaus ideas back with them to Canada, and to the University of Manitoba School of Architecture in particular. Bauhaus (Canada) 101 demonstrates that it was mainly via the University of Manitoba that Bauhaus architectural and pedagogical concepts spread throughout Canada. 

Presented in partnership with the University of Manitoba Faculty of Architecture and the University of Manitoba Institute for the Humanities. Co-sponsored by Arthur and Judy Drache, Ottawa, and The Salgo Trust for Education, New York.