Herbert Bayer

Tanner RecklingGRAPHIC DESIGN 221Colleen SyronFeburary 2015

Herbert Bayer,Two Curves with

Warm Progressions tapestryAustria, 1976

Hertbert Bayer, 1969

Childhood ... Pg.4

Bauhaus ... Pg.6

Fonts ... Pg.8

Artwork ... Pg.9

Bibliography ... Pg.11

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“It should be rememberedthat the total personality is involved in the creativeprocess. It is not performed by the skilled hand alone, not conducted by the intellect alone, but by a unified processin which “heart, heart, and hand” play a simultaneous role.”-Herbert Bayer, 1984

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April 5, 1900

Haag am Hausruck,Austria

Second of Fourchildren.

Father: MaxMother: Rosa

“It was she who was responsible for the fateful gift.”

Mother’swatercolorset=Artistic Inspiration

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“Herbert Bayer, from his earliest drawings of 1919 to his most recent paintings, has been a geometricion.”

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Bauhaus was anart school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous forthe approach to design that it publicised and taught.

Name translation:

“House of Construction”

or

“School ofBuilding”

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Attended: 4 Years

“of course, I knew of Bayer as a mastertypographer, exhibition designer, and photographer, but I was less familiarwith his paintings, sculpture, and environments. I began to study thisunfamiliar body his work and was amazedat its richness.

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UMSEKINDER1933oil on canvas

Stadelwand1936oil on canvas

DRAWING/PAINTING

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Universal Font Face1925

Character Set

10 Banknotes1923Designed for State Bank

Cover Design 1940

Harper's Bazaar

GRAPHIC DESIGN

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- "THE COLLECTION." MoMA.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2015.

- Cohen, Arthur A. Herbert Bayer:The Complete Work. Cambridge, MA: MIT, 1984. Print.

- "Display." Display. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Mar. 2015

- “Herbert Bayer : Design Is History." N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Feb. 2015.

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