The Deutsche Werkbund was an organization committed to the merger or art, industry and personal craftsman ship for the betterment of commerce and culture. Their first exhibition was held at Cologne in 1914, but had to be cut short when war broke out that August. Note the interesting spelling of the city's name in German. I've only ever seen it spelled with a 'K' before this.
Die bemerkenswerteste Leistung des Werkbundes war die Gestaltung von Arbeiterwohnungen.
ReplyDeleteDer Deutsche-Werkbund endete mit Beginn der Nazizeit, da die Nazis den Modernismus verachteten.
No surprise that the Nazis would suppress an interesting cultlural program.
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