Looking ahead: April - June 2019
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April 2019
The Bauhaus School of Art & Architecture was founded by Walter Gropius 100 years ago, in April 1919.
To this day, it serves as a benchmark for those belonging to the avant-garde in art, design, architecture, and urban planning.
Staircase with reliefs by Oskar Schlemmer in Bauhaus, Weimar. AKG6154565
At Paul Klee’s Bauhaus studio in Weimar, 1st April 1925: the Bauhaus Masters (from left to right) Lyonel Feininger, Vassily Kandinsky, Oskar Schlemmer, Georg Muche and Paul Klee. Photo, 1925. AKG116352
Side staircase with painting by Herbert Bayer in Bauhaus, Weimar. AKG6154552The originator of the miniskirt and hot pants, Mary Quant has been designing clothes since the late 1950s. Convinced that fashion needed to be affordable, she opened her retail boutique, Bazaar, on the Kings Road in 1955, introducing the "mod" era and the "Chelsea look." In April 2019, Victoria & Albert Museum will stage a comprehensive overview of Mary Quant's career.
Mary Quant Holding up her OBE, 1966. AKG5862090
Two young girls on a shopping trip along the King’s Road, London, 1971. AKG249653
Young Woman Modelling a Mary Quant Dress on a Boat in Front of Tower Bridge, London, 1971. AKG5862093
Young woman in a miniskirt in front of Empire State Building, 1960s. AKG2154653
Model wearing a mini-skirt by Mary Quant, 1968. AKG3009951Emperor Akihito (born 23 December 1933) is the 125th Emperor of his line according to Japan's traditional order of succession. In June 2017 the Diet enacted a special law that would allow Akihito to abdicate, and on 1st December 2017, Akihito formalised his intentions. He announced that he would step down on April 30, 2019, and would pass the throne to Crown Prince Naruhito.
May 2019
Leonard da Vinci epitomises the genius and great diversity of achievements that we associate with the Italian Renaissance. May 2019 marks the 500th anniversary of the artist's death with events and publications looking at his life, writings, and artistic legacy. Visit our website to explore Leonardo's paintings, drawings, and scientific discoveries, including 3D reconstructions of his engineering sketches.
On 24 May 2019, Queen Victoria (24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901), Britain’s second longest serving monarch, would have turned 200 years old. The Queen's reign marked a period of great cultural, industrial, and political change as well as a great expansion of the British Empire. She succeeded to the throne shortly after her eighteenth birthday in July 1837, and governed the empire until 1901.
The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany was approved 70 years ago, on 8 May 1949 in Bonn and came into effect on 23 May 1949. In the subsequent Unification Treaty of 1990, this amended Basic Law was adopted as the constitution for the united Germany.
June 2019
The Treaty of Versailles was signed 100 years ago on 28 June 1919. It concluded six months of peace negotiations between Germany and the Allied Powers that had begun during the Armistice of 11 November 1918 that ended World War I.
Friedrich Naumann speaks in the Königsplatz (now the seat of the republic) in the Reichstag building against the Treaty of Versailles, 1919. AKG400502
The table of the signing in the hall of mirrors in the Palace of Versailles, 28th June 1919. AKG281836
Peace talks in Paris and Versailles, 18.1.–28.6.1919 / The German delegation receives terms of the peace treaty from the Allies, Versailles, 7.5.1919. AKG89451In June 2019 we will celebrate 200th anniversary of Gustave Courbet (10 June 1819 – 31 December 1877), a French painter who led the Realism movement in 19th century French painting. He occupies an important place in the history of art as an innovator and as an artist willing to make bold social statements through his work.
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