"This broad biographical account, which presents previously unseen archival photographs and episodes from the life of Bayer and other influential Bauhaus artists such as Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer and László Moholy-Nagy, follows Bayer through the Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany and finally to his exile in the United States. Specifically, Patrick Rössler reveals for the first time Bayer's unique experience of 1930s Germany, where, with his commercial and artistic life shattered by terror and censorship, he distracted himself with leading a hedonistic life. Shining a light on Bayer's time in Berlin during the Weimar Republic, and his route out of the Nazi state, Rössler provides rich new insights into how Bauhaus artists navigated a protracted period of social upheaval and dictatorship, where commercial success was fraught with a deep hostility towards the regime and the temptations of emigration"-- Provided by publisher.
Berlin (Germany)--Intellectual life--20th century
A short Bayer timeline -- Introduction. Herbert Bayer's lost decade -- Part one. Formative experiences : how an apprentice from Linz became a junior master at the Bauhaus -- Part two. A commercial artist in Nazi Germany -- Part three. The path to emigration -- Part four. A new life : Bayer in the land of opportunity -- Epilogue. Bayer in Berlin, or : a life in an echo chamber.