An educational course with such a structure was unprecedented, and the choice of teachers to be involved was decisive in the development of the various disciplines.
A key goal of the Bauhaus pedagogical approach, adopted for all courses, was to eliminate competitive tendencies, to promote not only individual creativity but also a sense of community and shared purpose, and was based on collaboration between teachers and students. Instead of copying from models, as was still done in traditional art academies, personal expression was encouraged. An educational course with such a structure was unprecedented, and the choice of teachers to be involved was decisive in the development of the various disciplines. Gropius succeeded in gaining the support of renowned avant-garde artists. The painters Johannes Itten(Süderen-Linden, 1888 - Zurich, 1967) and Lyonel Feininger(New York, 1871 -1956) and the sculptor Gerhard Marcks(Berlin, 1889 - Darmstadt, 1981) were among the first appointees in Weimar. They followed over the years from Josef and Anni Albers, Herbert Bayer and Marcel Breuer, to Lyonel Feininger, Vasilij Kandinsky and Paul Klee, Theo van Doesburg, Oskar Schlemmer and others.