“New Woman, New Vision. Women Photographers of the Bauhaus”

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, 1926
    Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
  • Gertrud Arndt, Masked self-portrait no. 16, 1930
    Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
  • Marianne Brandt, Self-portrait with lilies, around 1923
    Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
  • Marianne Brandt, Self-portrait in the studio at the Bauhaus Dessau, reflected in spheres, 1928–1929
    Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
  • Marianne Brandt, Waiting children, 1928
    Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
  • Lotte Collein, Sea urchin and shadow of a crab’s pincer, 1928
    Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © Ursula Kirsten-Collein
  • Florence Henri, Composition II, 1928
    Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © Galleria Martini & Ronchetti, courtesy Archives Florence Henri
  • Florence Henri, Mirror self-portrait, 1928
    Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © Galleria Martini & Ronchetti, courtesy Archives Florence Henri
  • Irene Hoffmann, Still life with oranges, 1932
    Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin
  • Grit Kallin-Fischer, Self-portrait with cigarette, around 1928
    Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin
  • Ivana Meller-Tomljenović, Portrait of Grete Krebs, 1930
    Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © Marinko Sudac
  • Ivana Meller-Tomljenović, On the building site, 1930
    Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © Marinko Sudac
  • Etel Mittag-Fodor, Albert Mentzel and Lotte Rothschild, around 1930
    Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin
  • Lucia Moholy, Portrait of Eva Weininger on the stairs of one of the Masters‘ Houses in Dessau, 1927
    Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
  • Lucia Moholy, Girl taking a photograph, 1929–1930
    Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
  • Lucia Moholy, Portrait of Clara Zetkin, German politician and women’s rights activist, around 1930
    Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
  • Lucia Moholy, Bauhaus building Dessau, view from the south-west with lettering, Architect: Walter Gropius, 1927
    Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
  • Lucia Moholy, Bauhaus building Dessau, balcony of the studio building, Architect: Walter Gropius, around 1926
    Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
  • Lucia Moholy, Woman on stairs, Yugoslavia, 1932
    Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
  • Lony Neumann, Still life with lemon and pearl necklace on a woven rug, 1930
    Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © Olga Michajlowna Beskina-Labas
  • Ré Soupault, Crowd at St. Lazare station, around 1936
    Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © Manfred Metzner, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
  • Grete Stern, Portrait of Miriam Winslow, US-American dancer, 1944
    Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © Estate Grete Stern, courtesy Galeria Jorge Mara
  • Grete Stern, Portrait of Claire Eckstein and Edwin Denby, German-American dancing couple, 1929
    Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © Estate Grete Stern, courtesy Galeria Jorge Mara
  • Elsa Thiemann, Stairs at the Wannsee lake open-air bath, Berlin, 1950s
    Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © Margot Schmidt
  • Elsa Thiemann, Children entering the U-Bahn at Neukölln station, Berlin, 1950s
    Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © Margot Schmidt
  • Elsa Thiemann, Ruins, Berlin, around 1945
    Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © Margot Schmidt
  • Elsa Thiemann, Radio tower, Berlin, 1930s
    Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © Margot Schmidt
  • Edith Tudor-Hart, Woman and child in Vienna, around 1930
    Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © Peter Suschitzky
  • Portrait Kalinka Gieseler
    Photo: Pauline Ruther
  • Portrait Caroline Kynast
    Photo: Pauline Ruther
  • Portrait Sinta Werner
    Photo: Pauline Ruther
  • Exhibition view
    Photo: Pauline Ruther
  • Exhibition view
    Photo: Pauline Ruther