Walter Gropius (1883 - 1969) was the German architect who founded the Bauhaus. He was widely known as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture.
A photograph of Bauhaus taken in 1930
This is a photograph of the Bauhaus taken in 1930. The Bauhaus was known for promoting free expression through art as well as publicizing new forms of design. Fresh ideas flourished among the the school and the greatly impacted German arts and the Weimar culture.
This is a picture of the Fagus Factory. The Fagus Factory was the first project of Walter Gropius. Additionally, it was one of the earliest built works of modernist architecture.
Ernst May
The Shrimp Girl is a painting by the English artist William Hogarth. It was painted around 1740–45, and is held by the National Gallery, London. [more]
Mr. and Mrs. Andrews
Mr and Mrs Andrews is an oil on canvas portrait of about 1750 by Thomas Gainsborough, now in the National Gallery, London. [more]
Flatford Mill
Flatford Mill (Scene on a Navigable River) is an oil painting by English artist John Constable, painted in 1816. It is Constable's largest exhibition canvas to be painted mainly outdoors, the first of his large "six-foot" paintings [more]
The Fighting Temeraire
Ernst May was a German architect and city planner of Frankfurt in the Weimar Republic. He applied urban design to the city Frankfurt and changed changed the style of its architecture. He may be known as the architect of "New Frankfurt".
The Hireling Shepherd
This is a painting by William Holman Hunt, a leading British Pre-Raphaelite.
Ophelia
Ophelia is a painting by British artist Sir John Everett Millais, completed between 1851 and 1852. It depicts Ophelia, a character from Hamlet, singing before she drowns in a river in Denmark. [more]
The Music Lesson
The Music Lesson or Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman by Jan Vermeer, is a painting of young female pupil receiving the titular music lesson. [more]
