New Weimar

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The term New Weimar describes the initiative of Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst (Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach) at the beginning of the 20th century, as a response to the repressive and restrictive Berlin cultural policy ( Lex Heinze ), to offer contemporary artists of the modern age opportunities to develop in Weimar. One of the central figures of the "New Weimar" was Harry Graf Kessler .

This includes the expansion of the Weimar Art School ( Hans Olde ) with the Weimar Sculpture School ( Adolf Brütt ), the establishment of the General German Artists Association (December 15, 1903) as an umbrella organization for the secessions and as an alternative to the General German Art Cooperative, as well as the establishment of an arts and crafts seminar by Henry van de Velde in 1902, which was followed by the establishment of the Grand Ducal Saxon School of Applied Arts in Weimar in 1907 .

After Walter Gropius took over from Henry van der Velde in 1919 , the School of Applied Arts and the Weimar School of Art became part of the State Bauhaus in Weimar . The earlier epochs are called Weimar's Golden Age (Goethe - Schiller) and Weimar's Silver Age (Liszt - Wagner).

Individual evidence

  1. Henry van de Velde. Neues Weimar .: PDF pp. 245-251. Retrieved April 26, 2020 .