Peter Keler

A student at the Bauhaus between 1921 and 1925, Peter Keler was tutored by the likes of Wassily Kandinsky, Walter Gropius and the De Stijl pioneer Theo van Doesburg. Creating one of his most iconic designs, the Bauhaus Cradle, for the Bauhaus Exhibition of 1923, he is an undeniably central figure of the design institution. When the Bauhaus moved to Dessau in 1925, Keler chose to remain in Weimar and found his own studio.

After the war, he began teaching at the newly-founded College of Architecture and Fine Arts in Weimar, where he taught students the former Bauhaus tradition. Continuing to teach until his retirement, some of his most famous artworks were painted during his later life in a style truly reminiscent of the Bauhaus, for example, his 1973 artwork Meeres-Sonne-Polarität. Today, Tecta produces Peter Keler’s furniture to ensure his distinctive designs continue to delight future generations.