Certainly the years 1910 to 1914, the time of their stormy meeting and then moving away from each other, are the most interesting part of the extensive correspondence between Alma Mahler, born in 1879, and the architect and later Bauhaus director Walter Gropius (born 1883). They wrote to each other for decades, across all human catastrophes and fractures, until Alma Mahler’s death on December 11, 1964. Unfortunately, Mahler destroyed Gropius’ letters. However, Gropius’ surviving notes, in which he meticulously prepared his letters, are perhaps more interesting than the end products themselves. The present letter edition from the Salzburger Residenz-Verlag is based on these notes and Alma Mahler’s surviving letters.
Correspondence between Alma Mahler and Walter Gropius: We are art – culture
