Bauhaus, El Lissitzky and Kurt Schwitters – Impacts of Constructivism: view from perspective of protection of Serbian Cultural Heritage in applied arts

Abstract

The creative line, which runs from El Lisicki and Kurt Schwitters to Bauhaus, had a strong international reception, which was reflected in the artistic trends in Serbia. In this paper, we show initial research on German scientific sources, which introduces us to the topic of the influence of Constructivism in applied art in Serbia. In particular, we specially look at science sources for the 1924 Constructor, El Lisicki's work housed in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, as well as the 1933 work of Merzbach, Kurt Schwitters, from the Sprengel Museum in Hanover. In parallel, we explore sources about the work of Vlasta Ivković. She is a designer and who is one of the few applied artists from Serbia, educated at the source of Bauhaus, at the Hochschule für Gestaltung Ulm.

Stvaralačka linija koja polazi od Ela Lisickog i Kurta Švitersa do Bauhausa, imala je snažnu međunarodnu recepciju, što se reflektovalo i na umetničke tokove u Srbiji. U ovom radu, pokazujemo inicijalna istraživanja nemačkih naučnih izvora, koji nas uvode u temu uticaja konstruktivizma u primenjenoj umetnosti u Srbiji. Posebno razmatramo izvore o delu Konstruktor, Ela Lisickog, iz 1924. godine, koje se nalazi u Viktorija i Albert muzeju u Londonu, kao i o radu Merzbau Kurta Švitersa iz 1933. godine, iz Sprengel muzeja u Hanoveru. Paralelno istražujemo izvore o radovima Vlaste Ivković, dizajnerke koja je jedna od retkih srpskih umetnika školovanih na izvoru Bauhausa, u Hochschule für Gestaltung Ulm.