Monument to the March Dead
| Denkmal für die Märzgefallenen | |
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  Location in Thuringia | |
| Coordinates | 50°58′05″N 11°19′18″E / 50.968063°N 11.321559°ECoordinates: 50°58′05″N 11°19′18″E / 50.968063°N 11.321559°E |
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| Location | Historical Cemetery, Weimar, Germany |
| Designer | Walter Gropius, Fred Forbát |
| Material | concrete |
| Dedicated date | May 1, 1922 |
| Dedicated to | Workers killed in the Kapp Putsch |
| Dismantled date | 1936 |
Monument to the March Dead (German: Denkmal für die Märzgefallenen) is an expressionist monument in the Weimar Central Cemetery in Weimar, Germany that memorializes workers killed in the 1920 Kapp Putsch. A 1920 design produced by Walter Gropius, in collaboration with Fred Forbát, was selected from those submitted in a competition organized by the and Städtisches Museum Weimar.[1][2][3]
The structure was built between 1920 and 1922.[4] An unveiling ceremony for the memorial was held on May 1, 1922.[2]
Objecting to it politically and as an example of what it characterized as degenerate art, the Nazis destroyed the monument in February 1936.[4]
The structure was reconstructed in 1946.[2]
Architecture[]
The form of the monument alludes to a thunderbolt. The structure is constructed of concrete.[5]
Reception[]
Theo van Doesburg, leader of the De Stijl movement, criticized Gropius' expressionist design, decrying it as "the result of a cheap literary idea."[6]
Gallery[]
Opening ceremony of the monument
The monument depicted on a 1980 stamp from East Germany
The structure in 2019 in its current form
References[]
- ^ Weibel, Peter (2005-05-17). Beyond Art: A Third Culture: A Comparative Study in Cultures, Art and Science in 20th Century Austria and Hungary. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9783211245620.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Gilbert Lupfer & Paul Sigel, Walter Gropius, 1883–1969: the promoter of a new form, p. 31.
- ^ "Mock-up 'Monument to the Victims of the March Putsch'". www.bauhaus100.com. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Wolfe, Ross (2015-05-08). "Walter Gropius, Monument to the March Dead (1922)". The Charnel-House. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
- ^ Saval, Nikil (2019-02-04). "How Bauhaus Redefined What Design Could Do for Society". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
- ^ MacCarthy, Fiona (2019-05-10). Gropius: The Man Who Built the Bauhaus. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674239906.
External links[]
- Walter Gropius buildings
- Weimar