werner david feist: my years at the bauhaus

in "my years at the bauhaus", werner david feist describes and reflects on his life and studies at the famous school. in retrospect, feist describes his impressions of the unconventional teaching methods in the preliminary course with josef albers, in lessons with paul klee and wassily kandinsky, in the advertising workshop with joost schmidt as well as in the photo workshop with walter peterhans and, last but not least, in the stage workshop with oskar schlemmer, with great liveliness, with sensitivity and precise characterization of the personalities that surrounded him. this first-hand information allows the reader a deep, sometimes even intimate insight into life at the dessau bauhaus and is of great value for the historiography of this institution.