Black Mountain College
The Black Mountain College was founded in 1933 near Asheville , North Carolina and existed until 1957. It was in the late 1940s the leading institution for interdisciplinary education mainly (but not exclusively) artistic disciplines.
description
At Black Mountain College , among others, many artists from the accumulated Bauhaus after emigrating from Germany. The following subjects were taught:
- Visual arts
- theatre
- literature
- music
- architecture
- history
- physics
- Economy
Eminent lecturers
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- Anni Albers
- Josef Albers
- John Cage
- Robert Creeley
- Merce Cunningham
- Max Dehn
- Elaine de Kooning
- Willem de Kooning
- Lyonel Feininger
- Richard Buckminster Fuller
- Walter Gropius
- Lou Harrison
- Franz Kline
- Jacob Lawrence
- Robert Motherwell
- Fritz C. Neumann
- Charles Olson
- MC Richards (Mary Caroline Richards)
- Alexander Schawinsky
- Ben Shahn
- Erwin W. Straus
- Cy Twombly
- Stefan Wolpe
Important guest lecturers
Important alumni
- Ruth Asawa
- John Chamberlain
- Robert De Niro, Sr.
- Ray Johnson
- Basil King
- Kenneth Noland
- Arthur Penn
- Robert Rauschenberg
- Dorothea Rockburne
- Kenneth Snelson
- Susan Weil
- John Wieners
- Vera B. Williams
Web links
Commons : Black Mountain College - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maria Becker: Where should art arise, if not in nature? Black Mountain College was one of the most momentous schools of 20th century art. Students should learn more than just art. NZZ, May 9, 2018, accessed on May 12, 2018 .
- ↑ About MC Richards
- ↑ ArtTALKS: Basil King
- ^ Website Susan Weil
Coordinates: 35 ° 37'53 " N , 82 ° 21'49" W.