Mrs Bauhaus: The women of Bauhaus
Florence Marguerite Knoll Bassett (born May 24, 1917) is an American architect and furniture designer who studied under Mies van der Rohe and Eliel Saarinen. She was born Florence Schust in Saginaw, Michigan, and is known in familiar circles as "Shu".[1]
She graduated from the Kingswood School before studying at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. (Both institutions are located on the same campus in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.) Knoll also received a bachelor's degree in architecture from the Armour Institute (now Illinois Institute of Technology) in 1941 and briefly worked with leaders of the Bauhaus movement, including Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, and the American modernist, Wallace K. Harrison.
She graduated from the Kingswood School before studying at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. (Both institutions are located on the same campus in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.) Knoll also received a bachelor's degree in architecture from the Armour Institute (now Illinois Institute of Technology) in 1941 and briefly worked with leaders of the Bauhaus movement, including Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, and the American modernist, Wallace K. Harrison.
Florence Knoll
A Sideboard by Florence Knoll, 1960
Courtesy Florence Knoll Bassett papers, 1932-2000. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
Florence Knoll Bassett surrounded by her stellar collaborators. From left to right: Harry Bertoia, George Nakashima, Richard Stein, Knoll Bassett, Eszter Haraszty, Noémi Raymond, Dorothy Cole, Abel Sorensen, and Isamu Noguchi. Courtesy Tony Vaccaro/Tony Vaccaro Studio
Florence Knoll
Marianne Brandt (1 October 1893 – 18 June 1983), German painter, sculptor, photographer and designer who studied at the Bauhaus school and became head of the metal workshop in 1928. Today, Brandt's designs for household objects such as lamps, ashtrays and teapots are considered the timeless examples of modern industrial design.
Marianne Brandt
 Marianne Brant, Tea Infuser and Strainer, 1924 |  Photograph of a Study in Balance from the Preliminary Course by László Moholy-Nagy, |
Object Napkin holder - Ruppelwerk, Gotha - Brandt, Marianne
Brandt, Marianne
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