Born in Haag, Austria, Herbert Bayer had a 60-year career that included abstract and surrealist painting, sculpture, environmental art, industrial design, architecture, graphic design, lithography,... Read full biography
Born in Haag, Austria, Herbert Bayer had a 60-year career that included abstract and surrealist painting, sculpture, environmental art, industrial design, architecture, graphic design, lithography, photography and tapestry. He also did murals including for the Bauhaus Building in Weimar, the... Read full biography
Born in Haag, Austria, Herbert Bayer had a 60-year career that included abstract and surrealist painting, sculpture, environmental art, industrial design, architecture, graphic design, lithography, photography and tapestry. He also did murals including for the Bauhaus Building in Weimar, the Graduate Center at Harvard University and the Health Center in Aspen, Colorado. In 1968, he designed the articulated wall construction for the Olympics in Mexico City. In addition to pursuing his own... Read full biography
Born in Haag, Austria, Herbert Bayer had a 60-year career that included abstract and surrealist painting, sculpture, environmental art, industrial design, architecture, graphic design, lithography, photography and tapestry. He also did murals including for the Bauhaus Building in Weimar, the Graduate Center at Harvard University and the Health Center in Aspen, Colorado. In 1968, he designed the articulated wall construction for the Olympics in Mexico City. In addition to pursuing his own creative artistic talents, Herbert Bayer held administrative positions related to his design abilities. In Germany, he was a Director of the Bauhaus, Art Director of Vogue magazine, and Director of Dorland Studio in Berlin from 1928 to 1938. In America,... Read full biography
Born in Haag, Austria, Herbert Bayer had a 60-year career that included abstract and surrealist painting, sculpture, environmental art, industrial design, architecture, graphic design, lithography, photography and tapestry. He also did murals including for the Bauhaus Building in Weimar, the Graduate Center at Harvard University and the Health Center in Aspen, Colorado. In 1968, he designed the articulated wall construction for the Olympics in Mexico City. In addition to pursuing his own creative artistic talents, Herbert Bayer held administrative positions related to his design abilities. In Germany, he was a Director of the Bauhaus, Art Director of Vogue magazine, and Director of Dorland Studio in Berlin from 1928 to 1938. In America, Herbert Bayer was chairman of the design department for the Container Corporation, was Design Consultan... Read full biography
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About Herbert Bayer: Books
Books & Publications (42)
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Earthworks and Beyond: Contempory Art in the Landscape
2006
Beardsley, John
239 pages
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Selections From the Permanent Collection: Southern Alleghenies
1996
Strueber, Michael (Director)
118 pages (color)
Advertising, Artists & the Borders of Art
1995
Bogart, Michelle H
427 pages
History of Art: A Survey of the Major Visual Arts From the Dawn of History to the Present Day
1995
Janson, H W; Dora Jane Janson
960 pages (color)
Biennial Exhibition Record of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Falk, Peter Hastings
335 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Contemporary Artists (3rd Edition)
1989
Naylor, Colin (editor)
1,059 pages
Herbert Bayer Collection and Archive-Denver Art Museum
1988
Chanzit, Gwen F
255 pages (color)
The Modern Poster
1988
Wrede, Stuart
263 pages (color)
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
A Guide to the Collections: Smith College Museum of Art
1986
Chetham, Charles; David Grose
312 pages (color)
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection
1985
DuPont, Diana, K Holland
402 pages (color)
Art, Design and the Modern Corporation (Exhibition catalog)
1985
Harris, Neil/Martina R Norelli
135 pages (color)
In the Mind's Eye Dada and Surrealism (Exhibition catalog)
1985
Neff, Ann R (editor)
240 pages (color)
Herbert Bayer The Complete Work
1984
Cohen, Arthur
429 pages (color)
Art of the States Works from a Santa Barbara Collection (Exhibition catalog)
1984
McDonald, Robert; Richard Vincent West
80 pages (color)
American Lithographers 1900-1960: The Artists and Their Printers
1983
Adams, Clinton
228 pages (color)
The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Art
1981
Osborne, Harold
656 pages (color)
American Drawing A Guide to Information Sources
1979
Doumato, Lamia
246 pages
Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 2 (Painting and Graphics)
1979
Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel
736 pages
Art of the Twenties (Exhibition catalog)
1979
Lieberman, William S
142 pages
Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art
1977
Barr, Alfred H
655 pages
Works on Paper 1900-1960 From Southern California Collections (Exhibition catalog)
1977
Pomona College
132 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection
1974
Baur, John I H
235 pages (color)
Herbert Bayer A Total Concept (Exhibition catalog)
1973
Denver Art Museum
70 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1973
1973
Jaques Cattell Press
927 pages
Phaidon Dictionary of Twentieth Century Art
1973
Onn, Gerald (Translator)
0 pages
American Art Third Quarter Century (Exhibition catalog)
1973
Van Der Marck, Jan
138 pages (color)
Amon Carter Museum of Western Art Catalogue of the Collection 1972
1972
Amon Carter Museum
600 pages
The De-definition of Art Action Art to Pop to Earthworks
1972
Rosenberg, Harold
256 pages
American Art from the Denver Art Museum Collection
1969
Curator
127 pages
Abstract & Surrealist Art in America
1969
Janis, Sidney
146 pages
Painters of the Bauhaus
1969
Roters, Eberhard
214 pages (color)
Graphic Work from Bauhaus
1968
Wingler, Hans M
0 pages
Drawings/Recent Acquisitions Museum of Modern Art/New York
1967
Lieberman, William S
48 pages
Herbert Bayer Painter, Designer, Architect
1967
Reinhold Publishing
211 pages (color)
The World of Abstract Art
1957
American Abstract Artists
167 pages (color)
The Naked Truth and Personal Vision The Length of the Artistic Road (Addison Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)