Title & Author:

Gunta Stölzl & Johannes Itten : Textile universes = Textile Universen / Herausgeber:innen, Kunstmuseum Thun, Helen Hirsch, Christoph Wagner.

Publication:

Thun : Kunstmuseum Thun ; München : Hirmer, [2024]
©2024

Description:

253 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, portraits ; 29 cm

Notes:
On the occasion of an exhibition held at the Kunstmuseum Thun, August 17 - December 1, 2024.
Includes bibliographical references.
Foreword and acknowledgments = Vorwort und Dank / Helen Hirsch -- Gunta Stölzl & Johannes Itten : biographies in pictures = Gunta Stolzl & Johannes Itten : Biografien in Bildern / Gunta Stadler-Stölzl -- More of a gamble than a plan : the Bauhaus Textile Workshop, 1919-1931 = Mehr Wagnis als Planung : die Textilwerkstatt des Bauhauses 1919 bis 1931 / Christoph Wagner -- Johannes Itten and Gunta Stölzl : textile networks, intersections, and ornamental abstraction = Johannes Itten und Gunta Stolzl : Textile Netzwerke, Knotenpunkte und ornamentale Abstraktion / Mirjam Deckers -- Gunta Stölzl : weaving from Germany to Switzerland = Gunta Stolzl : weben von Deutschland bis in die Schweiz / Annette Paetz, Gen. Schieck -- Johannes Itten at the Technical College of Textile Design in Krefeld (1932-1938) = Johannes Itten an der Höheren Fachschule für Textile Flächenkunst in Krefeld (1932-1938) / -- Johannes Itten and textile art in Zurich = Johannes Itten und die Textilkunst in Zürich / Celina Berchtold.
Parallel texts in English and German.

Summary:

"Gunta Stölzl (1897-1983) and the prominent Swiss artist Johannes Itten (1888-1967) were Bauhaus teachers who met in the experimental field during their time at the Bauhaus in Weimar. This volume takes a look at the artistic pairing and assembles in picturesque detail their impressive contributions to Swiss textile art. Few people are aware that Itten made an in-depth study of textile design. Accordingly, this book invites readers to rediscover him as a textile designer in conjunction with Stölzl, who has a place in art history as a 'classic of textile art.' Both artists left Nazi Germany in the 1930s and explored innovations in ornamental and textile forms. Their work revived textile art in Switzerland with new ways of inventing forms and ornamentation and helped establish a network of modern Swiss textile art." -- Amazon.

ISBN:

9783777442983 (hardcover)
3777442984 (hardcover)

Subject:

Stölzl, Gunta, 1897-1983 Exhibitions.
Itten, Johannes, 1888-1967 Exhibitions.
Stölzl, Gunta, 1897-1983 Expositions.
Itten, Johannes, 1888-1967 Expositions.
DESIGN / Decorative Arts.

Form/genre:

exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Stölzl, Gunta, 1897-1983, artist.
Itten, Johannes, 1888-1967, artist.
Hirsch, Helen, 1963- editor.
Wagner, Christoph, 1964 June 15- editor.
Kunstmuseum Thun (Switzerland), issuing body, host institution.

Gunta Stölzl und Johannes Itten
Gunta Stölzl and Johannes Itten
Textile universes
Textile Universen

Holdings:

Location: Library main 320535
Call No.: 320535
Copy: 1
Status: Available