918年，当包豪斯州立大学在魏玛落成时，瑞士艺术家兼艺术理论家约翰内斯·伊滕(1888 - 1967)是沃尔特·格罗皮乌斯任命的首批教师之一。约翰内斯·伊滕是一位非常有思想的艺术家，他的思想体现在众多的理论文本和艺术作品中，涵盖了多种风格。在与学生和同事的对话中，以及对其他文化和艺术思想的研究中，他不断地创作作品，在这些作品中，他研究了颜色、它们的气场、对比和形式。

When the State Bauhaus opened in Weimar in 1918, the Swiss artist and art theorist Johannes Itten (1888 – 1967) was one of the first teachers to be appointed by Walter Gropius. With his preliminary course, Itten had a considerable effect on the creative training in the Bauhaus; to this day his insights into the theory of colours set standards in art education and in the field of design. <br><br>Enquiring mind and lecturer, painter and art teacher – Johannes Itten was a very thoughtful artist personality which was reflected in numerous theoretical texts and artworks covering a wide range of styles. Constantly in dialogue with students and colleagues as well as in a study of other cultures and artistic ideas, Itten created works in which he examined colours, their aura, contrasts and forms. Inspired by Adolf Hölzel, his teacher at the Stuttgart Academy, Itten developed, amongst other things, the famous doctrine of colour types whose significance extends far beyond the realms of art into everyday culture. The acknowledged Itten expert Christoph Wagner introduces the artist with his complex and symbolic work and traces an arc from the revolutionary Bauhaus teacher and founder of various art schools to the art theorist of the theory of colours.