Why were the artist employed as teachers at the Bauhaus?

Answer 1

The Bauhaus was a school established in the early 20th century by German architect Walter Gropius, in which he intended to promote a unity among the arts, crafts and design. Eventually, the school taught design, cabinetmaking, furniture design, textiles, metalworking, typography and visual arts in addition to architecture.

The names most famously associated with the Bauhaus were the architects Walter Gropius, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Hannes Meyer.

The most famous visual artists associated with the Bauhaus, and the wider art movement that arose from it, were Paul Klee, Josef Albers, Piet Mondrian, Wassily Kandinsky, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Oskar Schlemmer and Lyonel Feininger.

Many of the artists, craftspeople, designers and architects associated with the Bauhaus emigrated to the United States during the time leading up to World War II, and they exerted a notable influence on the direction of modernist art, design and architecture in the 20th century.

Answer 2

Bauhaus taught different kinds of art. So good artists were employed as teachers.

Answer 3

Walter Gropius