Career

There were ten units or tasks to this course, to be followed over four semesters. The course was so successful, it survived Peterhans by over thirty years. At the Bauhaus, Peterhans" teaching involved using the theories of Kant, Plato and Pythagoras to show how beauty is constructed in the mind, and how it can be created in works of art

In 1953 Peterhans was part of the initial core faculty at the Ulm School of Design (Hochschule für Gestaltung, 1953-1968) in Germany, which became an renowned, influential design school.

Peterhans" own work in the 1930s was close-up, still-life silver gelatin prints of everyday objects, and he came to the Bauhaus at the invitation of Hannes Meyer.