Herbert bayer

(1900-1985)

Austrian graphic designer, painter, photographer, and architect. 

After Bayer had studied for four years at the Bauhaus under such teachers as Wassily Kandinsky and László Moholy-Nagy, Gropius appointed Bayer director of printing and advertising.

In 1928, Bayer left the Bauhaus to become art director of Vogue magazine's Berlin office. Ten years later, he settled in New York City where he had a long and distinguished career in nearly every aspect of the graphic arts.

Hired by industrialist and visionary Walter Paepcke, Bayer moved to Aspen, Colorado (in 1946).  Bayer’s architectural work in the town included co-designing the Aspen Institute and restoring the Wheeler Opera House, His production of promotional posters identified skiing with wit, excitement, and glamour. Bayer remained associated with Aspen until the mid-1970s. The modern art collection gallery at Denver Art Museum is named for him.

Bayer’s works appear in prominent public and private collections including the MIT List Visual Arts Center.

desert flower

1934

Silver gel on paper

12"x12"

Signed lower right