bauhaus faces
by Anja Guttenberger
Meet the faces behind the vision!With the help of Bauhaus experts and descendants, each episode tells the story of a new personality. With Paul Klee, Max Bill, Gunta Stölzl, Lucia Moholy, Mies van der Rohe, Ise Gropius, Lucia Moholy, Anni & Josef Albers, Otti Berger & more ...
Episodes
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LÁSZLÓ MOHOLY-NAGY: Artist of the Future (BONUS)
In this bonus episode, we will look at the development of Moholy’s art through selected works — paintings, photographs, sculptures, and films that help trace his extraordinary artistic evolution. Once again, Moholy’s grandsons Daniel and Andreas Hug, together with the Canadian art historian…
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LÁSZLÓ MOHOLY-NAGY: Artist of the Future PART 2
László Moholy-Nagy’s work is often associated with the Bauhaus years, photography, and the New Vision. Yet the second half of his life shows how far his ideas travelled beyond Dessau — and how they continued to evolve across different countries, media, and institutions. After leaving the Bauhaus,...
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LÁSZLÓ MOHOLY-NAGY: Artist of the Future PART 1
László Moholy-Nagy is often associated above all with photography and the New Vision. Yet his work reaches far beyond this field. He was one of the great multimedia artists of the twentieth century — working with painting, photography, film, typography, stage design, and sculpture. At the centre…
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EDITH TUDOR-HART: Beyond the Spy
Generally known as “the spy with a camera,” this episode asks: What do we see when we stop looking for the spy and start looking at her photographs, collages, and publications? Edith Tudor-Hart has too often been seen through a story that is not primarily about her work, but about secrecy,...
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TWO MORE MEMBERS OF THE RED BAUHAUS BRIGADE: Konrad Püschel and René Mensch
In the early 1930s, a small group of young architects left the Bauhaus in Dessau and followed their teacher, Hannes Meyer, to the Soviet Union. They went in search of new possibilities for architecture—convinced that the ideas they had developed at the Bauhaus could find a future there. Their...
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TIBOR WEINER (AND THE RED BAUHAUS BRIGADE) | Daniel Talesnik
A new episode of bauhaus faces is out now. This time, I’m joined by Chilean architect and historian Daniel Talesnik to explore the story of a remarkable group of Bauhaus students—through the life of one of them: Tibor Weiner. Weiner was part of the circle around Hannes Meyer, the second director…
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FLORENCE HENRI | Giovanni Battista Martini, Paola Rosina & Roberto Lacarbonara
In our first episode of 2026, we turn the spotlight on Florence Henri. Drawn to the Bauhaus less by its curriculum than by its people, Henri discovered photography through Lucia Moholy and never looked back. What began as an experiment became a radical reinvention: mirrors, props, fractured…
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FLORENCE HENRI (BONUS 1) | Giovanni Battista Martini, Paola Rosina & Roberto Lacarbonara
In this very short episode, Giovanni Battista Martini, head of the Florence Henri Archive in Genoa, and the Italian art historians Paola Rosina and Roberto Lacarbonara will describe their favourite photo by Florence Henri in more detail for you. Please look out for the images on your smartphone…
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FLORENCE HENRI (BONUS 2) | Giovanni Battista Martini, Paola Rosina & Roberto Lacarbonara
BONUS EPISODE – FRANCAIS Deuxième épisode bonus de bauhaus faces — et une conversation résolument multilingue ! Autour de la peintre et photographe Florence Henri, j’échange avec Giovanni Battista Martini, Paola Rosina et Roberto Lacarbonara dans un dialogue mêlant français et anglais, fidèle à...
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LUDWIG HILBERSEIMER | Ute Poerschke & Kevin Harrington
The last episode of 2025 is here! And it's about Ludwig Hilberseimer. Never heard of him? No problem! bauhaus faces will help you out. Only few of the houses Hilberseimer planned were built. He was much more concerned about the bigger picture: How does the modern city, especially the metropolis,...
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HANS FISCHLI | Peter, Gina & Fredi Fischli
In this new episode of bauhaus faces, we dive into the life and work of Hans Fischli. Often overlooked in broader Bauhaus stories, Fischli worked across architecture, painting, sculpture, and teaching—leaving a mark that’s still felt today. To get a sense of his impact, I spoke with the people…
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ANNI & JOSEF ALBERS | Brenda Danilowitz
In the latest episode of “bauhaus faces,” we dive into the remarkable story of another iconic Bauhaus couple: Anni and Josef Albers. Their lives and legacies are deeply intertwined— from their first meeting in 1922 in Weimar to their lasting impact on art, design, and education in the US. Anni…
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LÉNA MEYER-BERGNER | Sandra Neugärtner & Viridiana Zavala
She was more than a textile designer— Léna Meyer-Bergner was a force for education and for social change. While her husband, Hannes Meyer, is often remembered as the Bauhaus’ second director, Lena’s groundbreaking work in design, pedagogy, and social transformation is finally stepping into the...
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LÉNA MEYER-BERGNER (BONUS) | Viridiana Zavala
Léna Meyer-Bergner fue más que una diseñadora textil: Léna Meyer-Bergner fue una fuerza impulsora de la educación y el cambio social. Aunque su esposo, Hannes Meyer, segundo director de la Bauhaus, es muy conocido, el trabajo pionero de Lena en el diseño, la pedagogía y la transformación social...
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MAX BILL | Angela Thomas, Erich Schmid & Martin Mäntele
"Bill always said that he also went to the Bauhaus to find clarity. And that is a process. You don't just have clarity, you have to earn it." (Angela Thomas) For this brand-new episode, I travelled to Zumikon to visit Angela Thomas and Erich Schmid in their house - the Bill Haus. This house…
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HfG ULM (BONUS 1) | Martin Mäntele
In this bonus episode you will hear the original interview with Martin Mäntele, head of the HfG Ulm Archive, and bauhaus faces. Discover how Max Bill played a central role in the founding and first years of the HfG Ulm, the Ulm School of Design – and how it evolved without him. And join us as we...
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MAX BILL (BONUS 2) | Angela Thomas & Erich Schmid
In dieser Bonusfolge mit Angela Thomas (Kunsthistorikerin und Bill-Wittwe) und Erich Schmid (Journalist und Filmemacher) tauchen wir ein in das faszinierende Leben von Max Bill – einem der prägendsten Köpfe der Konkreten Kunst und Mitbegründer der HfG Ulm. Und das Ganze ausnahmsweise auf Deutsch!...
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PAUL KLEE | Fabienne Eggelhöfer
Did you know that in his final year alone, Klee created 1,253 works? A cornerstone of Bauhaus art, Klee’s influence is undeniable, but his story begins much earlier. From aspiring musician following his family’s footsteps to the painter who “discovered color” in Tunisia, his artistic journey is...
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HANNES MEYER (1/3) | Dara Kiese & Thomas Flierl
In this new episode of “bauhaus faces” we talk about Hannes Meyer, the second Bauhaus director. PART 1 concentrates on Hannes Meyer’s formative years and his involvement in cooperativism and collectivism, his first steps as architect and artist, and then on to his pivotal role at the Bauhaus in...
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HANNES MEYER (2/3) | Tatiana Efrussi
In August 1930, Hannes Meyer was dismissed from the Bauhaus amid rising communist activism and his inability to control it. A 1931 caricature by Adolf Hofmeister humorously captures Meyer clutching the hammer and sickle, symbolizing his unwavering commitment to socialism. Despite his departure,...
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HANNES MEYER (3/3) | Raquel Franklin
We have ended part 2 with Hannes Meyer leaving the Soviet Union to go and help build a socialist republic in Spain which was interrupted by the Franco coup and left Meyer in limbo in his home country, Switzerland. Here, he married Lena Bergner in 1937 – they already had a daughter, Lilo, back…
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LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE (1/2) | Wita Noack & Fritz Neumeyer
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886–1969) was a pioneering modernist architect. Born in Aachen, he started as a bricklayer before moving to Berlin, where he worked for Bruno Paul and Peter Behrens. His first major commission, the Riehl House (1907), showed early signs of modernism. In 1921, he changed...
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LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE (2/2) | Aya Soika
This is PART 2 of the Podcast episode about Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. It puts a magnifying glass over a specific period of time in Mies’s life: his commissions for the Nazis after the Bauhaus had closed in July 1933 and his final emigration to the US in 1938. For this episode, the art-historian…
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LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE (BONUS 1) | Wita Noack
In der ersten Bonusfolge zum eigentlichen Podcast über Ludwig Mies van der Rohe spricht Wita Noack, seit über 30 Jahren Leiterin des Mies van der Rohe Hauses in Berlin mit Sitz im ehemaligen Haus Lemke. Diese Folge enthält Zusatzmaterial, das im englischen Podcast nicht enthalten.
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LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE (BONUS 2) | Fritz Neumeyer
In der zweiten Bonusfolge zum eigentlichen Podcast über Ludwig Mies van der Rohe spricht Fritz Neumeyer, promovierter Architekt und Mies-Forscher. Diese Folge enthält Zusatzmaterial, das im englischen Podcast nicht enthalten ist.
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MICHIKO & IWAO YAMAWAKI | Mariko Takagi & Helena Čapková
This episode is dedicated to a Japanese couple who went all the way to Germany to study at the Bauhaus in Dessau: Iwao and Michiko Yamawaki. When they met each other in 1928 Iwao Fujita had already studied architecture in Tokyo and was also actively involved in the theatre. Michiko came from a…
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FRITZ KUHR | Ute Famulla
This brand-new episode of "bauhaus faces" is about a rather unknown Bauhausler: Fritz Kuhr. Although he was at the Bauhaus for roughly 7 years he is widely unknown. Kuhr was the student spokesperson of the Bauhaus Master Council, part of the infamous Bauhaus band, helped edit and produce the...
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ISE GROPIUS | Jana Revedin
This episode of "bauhaus faces“ is not about a typical Bauhäusler, not a student or a master. She nevertheless played crucial part in documenting the history of the Bauhaus between 1923 and 1928 in her diary. Of course she was also Walter Gropius’s closest confidant, advisor, and editor, his…
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PIUS PAHL | Peter-Jan & Tyll Pahl
This episode of bauhaus faces is about the Bauhaus educated architect Pius Pahl. After being trained as carpenter and interior designer, he decided it was time to go to the Bauhaus and become an architect. He studied with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Ludwig Hilberseimer, who would both become...
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LUCIA MOHOLY | Robin Schuldenfrei
This episode of "bauhaus faces" is about a photographer that most Bauhaus fans today know: Lucia Moholy. She was the photographer who delivered the photos of the Bauhaus in Dessau and its masters’ houses that made the art school so iconic. But it wasn’t until the 1990s that art historians became...
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ETEL & ERNST MITTAG | Michael Mittag
This episode is not about just one Bauhaus person, but about two. It’s the premiere of our first episode about a Bauhaus couple: Etel and Ernst Mittag, who were both students at the Bauhaus in Dessau, met there, fell in love, got married, had children and emigrated to South Africa when Etel – as…
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GUNTA STÖLZL | Monika Stadler & Mirjam Deckers
This episode is dedicated to the Bauhaus master Gunta Stölzl, one of the few better-known Bauhaus women. We have already mentioned her name in the previous podcast about Stölzl’s first husband, the Israeli architect Arieh Sharon. They had a daughter, Yael, what was born in 1929, do you remember?...
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ARIEH SHARON | Ariel Aloni
This time I talked to Ariel Aloni. He is a grandson of even two Bauhaus students: the architect, Arieh Sharon, probably the most famous Israeli architect, and the Bauhaus weaver Gunta Stölzl, the only woman who was successful in becoming a Bauhaus master. As Ariel says: “There was no conversation...
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OTTI BERGER | Judith Raum
Otti Berger’s story is one full of life, ambition, and talent. There was so much for her in the cards. But her life ended tragically and abruptly when she was deported to the concentration camp Auschwitz and was murdered there shortly after. What’s left are letters and patents for her innovative...
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T. LUX FEININGER | T. Lux & Conrad Feininger
This time I am going to talk about one of the most brilliant photographers of the Bauhaus, T. Lux Feininger. As the youngest son of the renowned German US-American painter Lyonel Feininger he is the only Bauhausler who both grew up at the Bauhaus and later became a Bauhaus student – as the only...
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Trailer | Anja Guttenberger
The new "bauhaus faces" podcast is dedicated to the fascinating life stories of students and teachers of the legendary and infamous Bauhaus art school. Each episode will highlight a unique Bauhaus personality. With the help of their descendants, of researchers, and authors I will navigate you...
About this show
Meet the faces behind the vision!With the help of Bauhaus experts and descendants, each episode tells the story of a new personality. With Paul Klee, Max Bill, Gunta Stölzl, Lucia Moholy, Mies van der Rohe, Ise Gropius, Lucia Moholy, Anni & Josef Albers, Otti Berger & more ...
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Anja Guttenberger