Christian Wolsdorff Book order (chronological)

1955 lernte Hans Maria Wingler bei der Eröffnung der Hochschule für Gestaltung Ulm Walter Gropius kennen. Gemeinsam vernetzten sie sich mit ehemaligen Studierenden des Bauhauses, die in der NS-Zeit emigrierten oder flohen. 1960 gründete Wingler das Bauhaus-Archiv, an dem die bis heute weltgrößte Sammlung zum Thema Bauhaus archiviert und erforscht wird. Das Buch mit Texten von Hans Maria Wingler und Christian Wolsdorff erscheint anlässlich des 60. Jubiläums des Bauhaus-Archivs sowie des 100. Gründungsjubiläum des Bauhauses.

This book presents Vasily Kandinsky s major paintings from all phases of his artistic career and celebrates the artist and his groundbreaking work. This generously illustrated volume displays Vasily Kandinsky's brilliant use of color, shape, and composition through approximately 250 full-color illustrations. Essays by the world's leading Kandinsky experts focus on the evolution of his work throughout all periods of his career: his exploration of his Russian roots and his emigration to Munich; his attraction to the Art Nouveau and fauvist movements; the formation of the Blue Rider group; the influence of music on his painting; his years at the Bauhaus; and his late work in Paris. The book s design allows for a thorough examination of Kandinsky s most important works in all their extraordinary detail. Accessible, impeccably researched, and wide-ranging, this important volume offers an indispensable overview of the artist s seminal works and a tribute to the beauty and power of Kandinsky s vision