{"id":31018,"date":"2026-07-14T09:31:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T07:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/?post_type=artist&#038;p=31018"},"modified":"2026-07-17T10:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T08:00:13","slug":"irene-bayer","status":"publish","type":"artist","link":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/en\/discover\/artist\/irene-bayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Irene Bayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern header-text toggle-optional-image show-optional-image' data-pattern='ho\/header-kunstler'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\n\n<div  class='color-bg-highlight color-fg-highlight header-space header-height-read-only padding-bottom-6'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 col-md-offset-1 col-md-7'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-3'><div class=\"wp-block-ho-slot \"><div class=\"margin-bottom-3\">\n\t<swup-back>Back<\/swup-back>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 col-md-offset-1 col-md-7'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n<h1 class='ho-sd-h2' style=\"white-space: normal;\">Irene Bayer<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 text-align-center col-md-offset-1 col-md-3'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<div class=\"wp-block-ho-lane-wrapper\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\" data-lane-item-count=\"3\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid header-biography-list  cf-gutter-1 cf-side-1\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block wp-block-ho-grid row\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"wp-block-ho-lane-item col col-xs-12\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<p class='ho-sd-metadata'>Photographer and translator<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-ho-lane-item col col-xs-12\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<p class='ho-sd-metadata'>born on 28 October 1898 in Chicago<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-ho-lane-item col col-xs-12\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<p class='ho-sd-metadata'>died on 12 July 1991 in Los Angeles<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 col-md-3 col-md-offset-5 ho-pattern-optional-image'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\"><figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" aria-describedby=\"media_enN14K\">\n<script type=\"application\/json\">{\n\"id\" : 31733,\n\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"bha26_portrait_irene-bayer-287x300.jpg\",\"width\":287,\"height\":300,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":8429},\"large\":{\"file\":\"bha26_portrait_irene-bayer-981x1024.jpg\",\"width\":981,\"height\":1024,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":72039},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"bha26_portrait_irene-bayer-768x802.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":802,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":44693},\"1536x1536\":{\"file\":\"bha26_portrait_irene-bayer-1471x1536.jpg\",\"width\":1471,\"height\":1536,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":160838},\"2048x2048\":{\"file\":\"bha26_portrait_irene-bayer-1961x2048.jpg\",\"width\":1961,\"height\":2048,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":275250},\"small\":{\"file\":\"bha26_portrait_irene-bayer-421x440.jpg\",\"width\":421,\"height\":440,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":15200},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"bha26_portrait_irene-bayer-555x580.jpg\",\"width\":555,\"height\":580,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":24422},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"bha26_portrait_irene-bayer-689x720.jpg\",\"width\":689,\"height\":720,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":36472},\"hd\":{\"file\":\"bha26_portrait_irene-bayer-1226x1280.jpg\",\"width\":1226,\"height\":1280,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":112790},\"full\":{\"file\":\"bha26_portrait_irene-bayer-1839x1920.jpg\",\"width\":1839,\"height\":1920,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":244765},\"original\":{\"file\":\"bha26_portrait_irene-bayer.jpg\",\"width\":2189,\"height\":2286}},\n\"alt\" : \"Portrait of a woman with a serious expression, lit from one side, shadows highlighting her face and hand in her hair.\",\n\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/\",\n\"video\" : null,\n\"autoplay\" : null,\n\"youtube\" : null,\n\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\"brightness\" : 100,\n\"crop\" : {\"x\":0.5,\"y\":0.5},\n\"background\" : true,\n\"scale\" : 1,\n\"zoom\" : false,\n\"annotations\" : null}<\/script>\n<div class=\"height-container \" style=\"padding-bottom:120%; 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In 1920 she began studying at the Berlin University of the Arts. She applied to the Bauhaus in 1923 but was not accepted. She then moved to Paris and audited classes at the Sorbonne and the \u00c9cole des Beaux-Arts. She established connections with the avant-garde there. In 1925 she married Bauhaus member Herbert Bayer. She then attended the preliminary course at the Bauhaus without being officially enrolled. In 1926 she began training as a photographer at the State Academy of Graphic Arts and Books in Leipzig. From then on, she documented life and work at the Bauhaus as well as her husband\u2019s works. She additionally created portrait and advertising photos. Several of her images were used for Bauhaus publications. L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Moholy-Nagy also published a number of her photos in his article \u201cPhotography as Light Design\u201d. In 1928 the Bayers left the Bauhaus and moved to Berlin. In 1929 Irene Bayer\u2019s work was presented at the \u201cFilm und Foto\u201d exhibition in Stuttgart. She stopped working in photography when her daughter was born later that year; she had been separated from the child\u2019s father, Herbert Bayer, since 1928. In 1938 Irene Bayer moved to the US, where she worked as a translator. She also briefly returned to Germany after the Second World War to work in this role for the American military administration in Munich. Irene Bayer died in Los Angeles on 12 July 1991.<br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Irene Bayer was born as Irene Angela Hecht in Chicago on 28 October 1898, and grew up in Budapest. In 1920 she began studying at the Berlin University of the Arts. 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