Marianne Brandt and The Bauhaus

Marianna grew up in Chemnitz, she attended Weimar Saxon Grand Ducal Art School at the age of 18. She went on to study at the Bauhaus, and although they claimed to be egalitarian they were not and they would force the women into stereotypical and boring workshops. Thankfully Marianna was a fighter and fell in good favor with László Moholy-Nagy who got her into his metal workshop. She soon took over the position as first assistant an in 1927 and then filled his position in 1928. After she took over Moholy's job, she helped make some of the most important Bauhaus contracts for collaborations with industry. These contracts for the production of lights and other metal workshop designs were a rare example of one of the workshops helping to fund the school. After leaving the school in 1929 she became head of the metal design at the Ruppel firm in Gotha.​ But during the Nazi regime she went back home to Chemnitz from 1933 to 1945 where she produced mostly work for herself.
Marianna will be remembered for her fierce passion for art, and pioneering spirit in sculpture, metalwork, painting and photomontage. She helped pave the way for women to get a chance to be themselves and not stay in "girly girl" roles.