17 April–4 October 2026
Outstanding women photographers have been around since the invention of photography in the early 19th century. They experimented with photographic and artistic techniques and probed the boundaries of the new medium. So too did the women photographers of the Bauhaus. They observed the world around them through the camera lens and often captured subjects from novel and unconventional perspectives. The spectrum of their artistic production ranges from figurative portraits and architectural photography to abstract photographic experimentation.
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Gertrud Arndt, Self-portrait in the studio at the Bauhaus Dessau, 1926Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
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Gertrud Arndt, Masked self-portrait no. 16, 1930Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
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Marianne Brandt, Self-portrait with lilies, around 1923Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
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Marianne Brandt, Self-portrait in the studio at the Bauhaus Dessau, reflected in spheres, 1928–1929Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
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Marianne Brandt, Waiting children, 1928Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
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Lotte Collein, Sea urchin and shadow of a crab’s pincer, 1928Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © Ursula Kirsten-Collein
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Florence Henri, Composition II, 1928Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © Galleria Martini & Ronchetti, courtesy Archives Florence Henri
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Florence Henri, Mirror self-portrait, 1928Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © Galleria Martini & Ronchetti, courtesy Archives Florence Henri
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Irene Hoffmann, Still life with oranges, 1932Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin
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Grit Kallin-Fischer, Self-portrait with cigarette, around 1928Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin
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Ivana Meller-Tomljenović, Portrait of Grete Krebs, 1930Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © Marinko Sudac
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Ivana Meller-Tomljenović, On the building site, 1930Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © Marinko Sudac
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Etel Mittag-Fodor, Albert Mentzel and Lotte Rothschild, around 1930Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin
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Lucia Moholy, Portrait of Eva Weininger on the stairs of one of the Masters‘ Houses in Dessau, 1927Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
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Lucia Moholy, Girl taking a photograph, 1929–1930Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
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Lucia Moholy, Portrait of Clara Zetkin, German politician and women’s rights activist, around 1930Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
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Lucia Moholy, Bauhaus building Dessau, view from the south-west with lettering, Architect: Walter Gropius, 1927Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
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Lucia Moholy, Bauhaus building Dessau, balcony of the studio building, Architect: Walter Gropius, around 1926Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
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Lucia Moholy, Woman on stairs, Yugoslavia, 1932Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
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Lony Neumann, Still life with lemon and pearl necklace on a woven rug, 1930Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © Olga Michajlowna Beskina-Labas
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Ré Soupault, Crowd at St. Lazare station, around 1936Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © Manfred Metzner, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
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Grete Stern, Portrait of Miriam Winslow, US-American dancer, 1944Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © Estate Grete Stern, courtesy Galeria Jorge Mara
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Grete Stern, Portrait of Claire Eckstein and Edwin Denby, German-American dancing couple, 1929Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © Estate Grete Stern, courtesy Galeria Jorge Mara
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Elsa Thiemann, Stairs at the Wannsee lake open-air bath, Berlin, 1950sBauhaus-Archiv Berlin © Margot Schmidt
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Elsa Thiemann, Children entering the U-Bahn at Neukölln station, Berlin, 1950sBauhaus-Archiv Berlin © Margot Schmidt
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Elsa Thiemann, Ruins, Berlin, around 1945Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © Margot Schmidt
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Elsa Thiemann, Radio tower, Berlin, 1930sBauhaus-Archiv Berlin © Margot Schmidt
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Edith Tudor-Hart, Woman and child in Vienna, around 1930Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © Peter Suschitzky
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Portrait Kalinka GieselerPhoto: Pauline Ruther
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Portrait Caroline KynastPhoto: Pauline Ruther
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Portrait Sinta WernerPhoto: Pauline Ruther
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Exhibition viewPhoto: Pauline Ruther
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Exhibition viewPhoto: Pauline Ruther

