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	title of this thread your message ...and finally someone is saying publicly that the reason for the closure of the Bauhaus was not as much the pressure from the political regime as the internal problems of the school...we finally get some historical perspective. It is also interesting to read about Gropius' change of opinion on the need for collaboration with industry and the outside world in general. In the early years he had of course been reminded a number of times by the Weimar authorities that they did not want a repeat of the Van De Velde Kunstgewerbeshule Weimar system, where, as a result of very vague borders between the school's workshop and Van De Velde's, his income from products made by the school was more than four times as high as his income as a director of the school...according to Van De Velde's own records. The Weimar authorities did not want to see a repeat so Gropius was warned. On the other hand he knew very well how important it was for the visibility of the school to have some production and collaboration with the industry. When waiting in England for his departure to the U.S. he wrote extensively to Breuer to join him. To a large extend it was for Marcel Breuer's own interest, but he can not completely hide in the letters that he needs the kind of hands on, highly productive fellow Breuer was, in order to be himself successful in any future endeavors...I hope I can make it to New York's MoMA before the end of January... associated web images (optional) associated web link (optional) your email your password create a forums account \| you forgot your password?