Fiona MacCarthy Walter Gropius (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Walter GropiusCondition: NewEAN: 9780571295142ISBN: 9780571295142Edition: MainPublisher: Faber & FaberFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 02/06/2020Item Height: 198mmItem Length: 130mmItem Width: 35mmItem Weight: 470gAuthor: Fiona MacCarthyLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: Visionary Founder of the BauhausISBN-10: 0571295142Description: * A Times and New Statesman Book of the Year ** BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week ** Illustrated with over 130 colour photographs and drawings *'A masterpiece.' Edmund de Waal'Commanding, intelligent, gripping.' The TimesFrom 1910 to 1930 Gropius was at the very centre of European modern art and design, as the founder of the German art school, the Bauhaus. Yet Gropius's beliefs and affiliations left him little choice but to leave Germany when Hitler came to power. In this riveting book, Fiona MacCarthy draws on new research to re-evaluate Gropius's work and life. From his shattering experiences in the First World War to his turbulent marriage to the notorious Alma Mahler and the tragic early death of their daughter, MacCarthy leads us through his disorientating years in London, to his final peaceful and productive life in America. This is biography at its finest and most vivid. Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: BiographyTopic: Music Dance & Theatre, Architecture & Antiques, Arts & PhotographyRelease Year: 2020 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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