Emigration and dissemination: former Bauhaus members in the United States (1933–1950)

1. Bauhaus dissolves under Nazi pressure

   Jul 20, 1933Labels: Bauhaus, Berlin

   • Bauhaus Archiv

2. Josef and Anni Albers join Black Mountain College

   Dec 1, 1933Labels: Josef Albers, Anni Albers, Black Mountain

   • AAA Bio
   • BMC Museum

3. Walter Gropius arrives to teach at Harvard

   Feb 1, 1937Labels: Walter Gropius, Harvard

   • Britannica
   • Bauhaus Archiv

4. Marcel Breuer joins Harvard and partners with Gropius

   Sep 1, 1937Labels: Marcel Breuer, Walter Gropius, Harvard

   • Smithsonian AAA

5. Moholy-Nagy opens the New Bauhaus in Chicago

   Oct 1, 1937Labels: L szl, New Bauhaus

   • Moholy Foundation
   • IIT ID History

6. Gropius House is completed in Lincoln, Massachusetts

   Jan 1, 1938Labels: Gropius House, Walter Gropius

   • MIT DOME

7. New Bauhaus closes after one academic year

   Jun 1, 1938Labels: New Bauhaus, Chicago

   • Moholy Bio

8. Mies van der Rohe emigrates and leads Armour Institute program

   Aug 1, 1938Labels: Ludwig Mies, Armour Institute

   • TheArtStory
   • Mies Bio

9. MoMA opens major Bauhaus survey exhibition

   Dec 7, 1938Labels: MoMA, Bauhaus Exhibition

   • MoMA Exhibit

10. Moholy-Nagy reopens as the School of Design in Chicago

    Feb 1, 1939Labels: Moholy-Nagy, School of

    • Moholy Teaching

11. School becomes the Institute of Design

    Jan 1, 1944Labels: Institute of, Chicago

    • Moholy Teaching
    • IIT ID Wiki

12. Herbert Bayer relocates to Aspen for Paepcke projects

    Apr 18, 1946Labels: Herbert Bayer, Aspen

    • Aspen History

13. Institute of Design merges into Illinois Institute of Technology

    Jan 1, 1949Labels: Institute of, Illinois Institute

    • IIT History
    • IIT ID Wiki