
Hannes Meyer with student Hilde Reindl on the balcony of the Bauhaus building, 1928. Hannes Meyer, seated on Marcel Breuer stool, was the school’s director from 1928-30. His personable manner and egalitarian outlook made him popular with students, despite the controversies surrounding his political outlook and his dismissal 1930. Bauhaus Archiv Berlin. Photo: Umbo (Otto Umbehr)