Who were the women at the Bauhaus art school?

Her name stands for avant-garde ceramics and entrepreneurial talent. After just a few months at the Bauhaus school — the men made sure she could not continue — the talented young woman founded the Haël ceramic workshops in Brandenburg. Her plates, pots, cups and saucers became known around the world.

Between 1919 and 1933, 780 men and 500 women studied at the Bauhaus. One of the women was Gunta Stölzl, a master weaver and later head of the weaving workshop at the Bauhaus Dessau from 1925 to 1926. She designed great carpets and woven materials.

The coveted painting, architecture and sculpture classes were reserved exclusively for men. Female applicants were placed in a "women's class" created just for them that led straight to the weaving workshop from 1921 onwards. When Anni Albers began her studies in Weimar in 1922, she automatically moved on to Gunta Stölzl's weaving class after her introductory course with Johannes Itten.

Marianne Brandt ended up studying metalworking in what was essentially a male-only domain — and she was more successful than many of her fellow students. Her ideas greatly influenced the development of design in the 20th century. Her tea and coffee sets were famous and her spectacular lamp designs are iconic classics.

In the early 20th century, Gertrud Grunow developed her own style of teaching music. At the Bauhaus school, she taught students and masters alike the equal, harmonious use of all the senses.

Lilly Reich worked alongside Bauhaus director Mies van der Rohe. In January 1932, he appointed her head of the construction/development department and weaving mill at Bauhaus Dessau and later at Bauhaus Berlin, where she worked until December 1932. She designed chairs and was involved in the construction of the famous Barcelona Pavilion for the World Exhibition.

The second largest workshop that hosted women at the Bauhaus school was photography. After her husband Laszlo Moholy-Nagy was invited to teach at the Bauhaus in Weimar in 1923, Lucia Moholy began an apprenticeship in a photo studio and photographed workshop works at the school. A series of pictures of the new Bauhaus building and the Master Houses in Dessau are among her most important works.

In 1922, this designer joined the Bauhaus school where she developed toys that allow kids to be creative. The "Little Ship-building game" with its colorful wooden pieces is still produced and sold today.