Juliet Roper’s acrylic composition, Bauhaus Masters’ Houses from the Design is Everything exhibition has sold to a local collector.

Founded in Germany in 1919 by Walter Gropius, the Bauhaus philosophy that ‘form follows function’ was, at the time, considered revolutionary. It attracted influential artists and designers internationally, with several becoming teachers, or ‘Masters’, at the Bauhaus School of Art, Design and Architecture, while  living in the custom built ‘Masters’ Houses’ nearby.

These houses, along with the School itself, also served as showcases of the modernist movement. With Modernist principles, falling foul of the Nazi regime the School was closed down in 1933. The buildings were largely destroyed during World War II, but were rebuilt/restored decades later. This painting depicts one of these houses, the Gropius house in Dessau that was recreated in 2014.