€ 120

Duration: 1,5 hours

Attendance: 20 persons

Additional persons (max. 30):

12 € per person

Groups up to 5 persons:

100 €

Tour start:

Van-de-Velde-Bau, Geschw.-Scholl-Str.8

Henry van de Velde in Weimar*

In 1902, the Belgian architect and designer Henry van de Velde came to Weimar on the initiative of art patron Harry Graf Kessler and Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche - the sister of the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. As a consultant for arts and crafts, he was to deliver new artistic inspiration for the workshops of the country according to Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst’s idea that it would stimulate the economy. During the course of his work, several designs were produced in Weimar, which documented the aesthetics of the Van de Velde Line in a special way. These included the interior design of the Nietzsche Archive, the Art School buildings in which the Bauhaus was working from 1919, and his own house, the Haus Hohe Pappeln.

Referring to the idea of "Neues Weimar", this tour seeks to shed light on the tension between the decay of "Art Nouveau" and the emergence of "International Style", taking into account the "Arts and Crafts Movement" in Great Britain and the artistic work of Henry van de Velde in the context of time. This tour seeks to answer the question: In which way have the ideas of the all-round artist influenced and inspired the Bauhaus, which was created in the same place after the First World War?

This tour takes place at the Art School building - the main building of today's Bauhaus Universität Weimar – in order to show an example of the many facets of Henry van de Velde's creative work. From the wonderfully curved staircase to the bent windows of the studios in the attic, the tour will focus on the attention to detail of this designer who was one of the most important representatives of his time.

*It is also possible for me to guide you in the >> Museum Neues Weimar, >> Haus Hohe Pappeln or >> Nietzsche-Archiv.
Please contact the >> Klassik Stiftung Weimar for this.