Description
The lavish publication presents the work of three significant designers from the Bauhaus - Anni Albers, Otti Berger, and Lilly Reich - and the Austrian-British ceramicist Lucie Rie. All these women, pioneers of modernity, faced the challenge of rebuilding their professional standing after the rise of Nazism. Thanks to their tenacity, they succeeded. Unfortunately, only Otti Berger's career was very short, as she was murdered by the Nazis in the Auschwitz concentration camp in the summer of 1944. The publication Starting from Scratch maps for the first time the difficult period these avant-garde artists had to navigate during the rise of Nazism in Europe in the 1930s and 1940s. Yet they did not give up. Time and again, in both their personal and professional lives, in a world that had shattered, they started from scratch. Their work, richly documented in the publication, undoubtedly ranks among the most distinctive and enduring contributions to modern design in the 20th century.
Information
Author: Halén Widar
Publication date: May 15, 2025
Manufacturer: Books & Pipes, z.ú.
Genres: Art and architecture, Books, Specialized and technical literature
Type: Books - paperback
ISBN/EAN: 9788074853074