he school was renamed VKhUTEIN (Higher Art and Technical Institute).
Ivan Leonidov, the most talented of the Constructivist students, produced his renowned and influential (but never executed) plan for the Lenin Institute and Library. (Rem Koolhaas was drawn to architecture by the ideas of the Constructivists, specifically the Leonidov plan).
Photo from the cover of Bauhaus magazine Vol.2, no.4, 1928
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Hannes Meyer at the construction site for the ADGB Trade Union School in Bernau, 1928
Photo by Hermann Funzel/ Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau
espite the criticism of Gropius’ tenure as head of the school there is never a doubt as to his success over many years in maintaining the school’s unique atmosphere, largely through his talent for recruiting exceptional artist-teachers. The situation changed in 1928; a shortage of capital, the lack of architecture faculty, political attacks and outside pressures forced his resignation. Hannes Meyer, a Swiss architect and a Bolshevik sympathizer, replaced him as director, altering the trajectory of the school.
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Bauhaus magazine Vol.2, no.4, 1928
Photo courtesy of V&A Museum
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Portrait of Hinnerk Scheper, 1927
Photo by Lucia Moholy © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Portrait of Georgy Krutikov, 1920s
nvited by the Malyarstroi (Painting-Construction) Trust, Hinnerk Scheper arrived in the USSR. His two best-known works from his time in Moscow are the color scheme for the Finance Ministry residential building and the commune-type residential buildings along Khavsky Lane.
