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The Bauhaus school was founded in Weimar in 1919 by the German-born architect and educator Walter Gropius.12
Gropius established the school by uniting the Grand Ducal Saxon Academy of Arts and the Grand Ducal Saxon School of Arts and Crafts into a single institution, which he named the Staatliches Bauhaus Weimar (Public Bauhaus Weimar). By integrating the teaching of various crafts with art and design, Gropius sought to bridge the divide between artistic theory and technical craftsmanship, ultimately aiming to create functional, aesthetically pleasing objects suitable for mass production.32