Gerhard Marcks was a German artist, known primarily as a sculptor but who is also known for his drawings, rare paintings, woodcuts, lithographs and ceramics. With architect Walter Gropius, German-American painter Lyonel Feininger, Scheibe and others, Marcks was a member of two art-related political groups, the Novembergruppe (November Group) and the Arbeitsrat für Kunst (Workers Council for Art). He was also affiliated with the Deutscher Werkbund, of which Gropius was a founding member. In 1919, when Gropius founded the Bauhaus, in Weimar, Marcks was one of the first three faculty members to be hired, along with Feininger and Johannes Itten.
Gerhard Marcks was a German artist, known primarily as a sculptor but who is also known for his drawings, rare paintings, woodcuts, lithographs and ceramics. With architect Walter Gropius, German-American
painter Lyonel Feininger, Scheibe and others, Marcks was a member of two art-related political groups, the Novembergruppe (November Group) and the Arbeitsrat für Kunst (Workers Council for Art). He was also
affiliated with the Deutscher Werkbund, of which Gropius was a founding member. In 1919, when Gropius founded the Bauhaus, in Weimar, Marcks was one of the first three faculty members to be hired, along with
Feininger and Johannes Itten.