Bauhaus Stairway | |
Wikidata: | Q19884184 |
Artist: | Oskar Schlemmer |
Year: | 1932 |
Medium: | Oil on canvas |
Movement: | Bauhaus |
Height Metric: | 162.3 |
Width Metric: | 114.3 |
Metric Unit: | cm |
Museum: | Museum of Modern Art |
City: | New York |
Accession: | 597.1942 |
Bauhaus Stairway, or in German, Bauhaustreppe, is an oil painting by German artist Oskar Schlemmer, completed in 1932. It depicts the Bauhaus school, a German art school that closed in 1933, due to the Nazis' taking power. It is on display at the Museum of Modern Art, in New York.[1] The portrait depicts students ascending the stairs at the Bauhaus school, with all but one walking away from the viewer.[2]