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| Edited by Peter Nisbet
2000. 75 pp., 44 illus., 34 in color; 8 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. ISBN 1-891771-14-0 (paper) $10 |
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| Andor Weininger (1899–1986) was an important student
and associate of the Bauhaus, the influential German art and design
school whose dates coincided with those of the Weimar Republic, 1919
to 1933. Weininger’s stage designs were essential contributions
to the famous theater experiments at the Bauhaus and he was a central
figure in the legendary Bauhaus Band. His paintings ranged from geometric
abstraction to surrealism, and with his wife, Eva, he designed innovative
lamps and furniture.
This book presents thirty-four works by Weininger that were Eva’s 1996 gift to the Busch-Reisinger Museum. The full-color reproductions, in an annotated checklist, are preceded by a chronology of Weininger’s life, and writing by and about the artist. Included are Eva’s reminiscences of the couple’s life in Weimar and Dessau, from an interview with Emilie Norris, and three of Weininger’s essays, "Bauhaus and Stijl," "The ‘Fun Department’ of the Bauhaus," and "Course of Development." T. Lux Feininger contributes a lively firsthand description of the Bauhaus Band, and Peter Nisbet analyzes "The Stages of Weininger"—both his development as an artist and the concern with performance space that is reflected in his works. Peter Nisbet is Daimler-Benz Curator of the Busch-Reisinger Museum. |
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