The man in the purple suit

Alphonse Mucha (Czech, 1860-1939)

Zodiac, 1896

Not every Bauhaus story begins with a building.

Some begin with a friendship.

In Dessau, Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee lived side by side in the Masters’ Houses designed by Walter Gropius. Beyond their roles as Bauhaus masters, they shared years of artistic exchange, mutual respect and a common search for new visual languages.

Their works often followed different paths, yet both explored how colour, form and composition could express ideas beyond the visible world.

The Masters’ Houses remain one of the most fascinating places to understand not only the Bauhaus, but also the creative dialogue between two of the twentieth century’s most influential artists.