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August 17, 2021
in Art & Architecture

A Bauhaus Coffee and Tea Service

August 17, 2021
in Art & Architecture

Laura Muir— The story of how an unusual coffee and tea service made its way from Weimar, Germany, to Cambridge, Massachusetts, is both remarkable and emblematic of the way in which Harvard University’s extensive Bauhaus collection came into being. Founded in 1919 by German architect Walter Gropius and closed just

August 2, 2011
in History, Humanities, Literature

The Feininger “Family Business”

August 2, 2011
in History, Humanities, Literature

Covering the full breadth of Lyonel Feininger’s artistic career, a major retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art, “Lyonel Feininger: At the Edge of the World”, places him as a central figure in developing early 20th-century forms and the conversations that took place between German and American styles of art.