Quo Fuit places 9 dated presences for Walter Gropius across 8 places, from 1925 to 1969.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Walter Adolph Georg Gropius (18 May 1883 – 5 July 1969) was a German-American architect and founder of the Bauhaus School, who is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modernist architecture.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Walter Gropius was documented, and when
1925year
Weimarattested“Facing political and financial difficulties in Weimar, Gropius and the Bauhaus moved to Dessau in 1925 following an offer from the city.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Gropius
1925year
Dessauattested“Facing political and financial difficulties in Weimar, Gropius and the Bauhaus moved to Dessau in 1925 following an offer from the city.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Gropius
1928year
Berlinattested“Gropius left the Bauhaus in 1928 and moved to Berlin.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Gropius
1928year
Bauhausattested“Gropius left the Bauhaus in 1928 and moved to Berlin.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Gropius
1934year
Italyattested“Gropius was able to leave Nazi Germany in 1934 with the help of Maxwell Fry on the pretext of making a temporary visit to Italy for a film propaganda festival; he then fled to the United Kingdom to avoid the fascist powers of Europe.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Gropius
1934year
United Kingdomattested“Gropius was able to leave Nazi Germany in 1934 with the help of Maxwell Fry on the pretext of making a temporary visit to Italy for a film propaganda festival; he then fled to the United Kingdom to avoid the fascist powers of Europe.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Gropius
1938year
Bauhausattested“The house the Gropiuses built for themselves in 1938 in Lincoln, Massachusetts (now known as Gropius House) was influential in bringing International Modernism to the US, but Gropius disliked the term: "I made it a point to absorb into m…”source: Wikipedia: Walter Gropius
1938year
Lincoln, Massachusettsattested“The house the Gropiuses built for themselves in 1938 in Lincoln, Massachusetts (now known as Gropius House) was influential in bringing International Modernism to the US, but Gropius disliked the term: "I made it a point to absorb into m…”source: Wikipedia: Walter Gropius
5 July 1969exact date
Bostonattested“Gropius died on 5 July 1969, in Boston, Massachusetts, aged 86.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Gropius
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1908year
Munichmentioned“In 1908, after studying architecture in Munich and Berlin for four semesters, Gropius joined the office of the architect and industrial designer Peter Behrens, one of the first members of the utilitarian school.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Gropius
1910year
Berlinmentioned“Gropius left the firm of Behrens in 1910 and established a practice in Berlin with fellow employee Adolf Meyer.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Gropius
1913year
Königsbergmentioned“Gropius was commissioned in 1913 to design a car for the Prussian Railroad Locomotive Works in Königsberg.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Gropius
1913year
North Americamentioned“Gropius published an article about "The Development of Industrial Buildings" in 1913, which included about a dozen photographs of factories and grain elevators in North America.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Gropius
1914year
Colognementioned“Other works of this early period include the office and factory building for the Werkbund Exhibition (1914) in Cologne.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Gropius
1915year
Weimarmentioned“Henry van de Velde, the master of the Grand-Ducal Saxon School of Arts and Crafts in Weimar was asked to step down in 1915 due to his Belgian nationality.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Gropius
1923year
Bauhausmentioned“In 1923, Gropius designed his famous door handles, now considered an icon of 20th-century design and often listed as one of the most influential designs to emerge from Bauhaus.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Gropius
1927year
Bauhausmentioned“In 1927 he designed the Dessau City Employment office (Arbeitsamt), but left the Bauhaus and Dessau before construction began.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Gropius
February 1937month
United Statesmentioned“Gropius and his wife Ilse (or Ise) arrived in the United States in February 1937, while their twelve-year-old daughter, Ati, finished the school year in England.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Gropius
1949year
Cambridgementioned“Another early TAC work is the Graduate Center of Harvard University in Cambridge (1949/50).”source: Wikipedia: Walter Gropius
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