I love me some some Herbert Bayer.Everyone knows his seminalBauhaus graphic and photo work,and as great as that material is,I decided to try to show you some more obscure stuff.I could have gone on and on,but these were some of my favorites....There's Herbie in 1960.He would have been 60.He died in 1985.Herbert BayerKiosk for selling cigarettes1924Herbert BayerExhibition pavilion for selling toothpaste (?)1924Herbert BayerOpen streetcar station with newsstand1924Herbert BayerAdvertising sign for electric industry1924Herbert BayerIdeas about the "extended field of vision"1935I blogged about this before....Herbert BayerAnother ideas about the "extended field of vision"1935Very Residents. Herbert BayerI believe these were from the exhibition"Das Wunder Des Lebens"Berlin1934Herbert BayerOffice for an Art DirectorNew York1943I love how it looks, and would probable feel like, a pool.Herbert BayerDrawing for an entrance to the exhibition"Modern Art in Advertising:Designs for the Container Corporation"Art Institute of Chicago1945Herbert BayerDrawing for a marble garden at theAspen Institute for Humanistic Studies1955Very Sottsass circa 1980.Herbert BayerMonument to Walter PaepckeAspen Grove Cemetery1962Herbert BayerKaleidoscreenAluminum Company of America1957Herbert BayerBird Houses1953Herbert Bayer"Perforated Space Divider Screen Models"1958Herbert Bayer"Structure and Moon on Green"Oil on canvas1962-67Herbert Bayer"Lonely Metropolitan"Photomontage1932Appropriate for me lately....Herbert Bayer1967Gosh is he cute. He reminds me a bit of anothercrazy Austrian artist I know....Crazy Austrian ArtistLast sentence on the back flap.Thanks Herbie!
All images from:"Herbert Bayer: Visual Communication,Architecture, Painting"Reinhold1967