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Ati Gropius pouring milk. Courtesy of Western Regional Archives.

While a student at

She was the daughter of Walter and Ise Gropius. Ati and her parents fled Germany in , traveling to England and later the United States. Walter Gropius, educator, architect and founder of the Bauhaus, accepted an invitation to teach architecture at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. From he was Chairman of the Department of Architecture.

Gropius first visited Black Mountain in December His former Bauhaus colleagues, Josef and Anni Albers and Xanti Schawinksy, were teaching there, and the visit was an occasion both for a visit with friends and for an informal discussion of plans for the development of the Lake Eden property which the college had purchased in June After her graduation in , she married architect Charles Forberg, a Black Mountain student.

Her second marriage was to architect John Johansen. The Boston Globe wrote an obituary for Ati and included stories of her youth, quotes from her children, and the depth of her work and teaching. Alternative Names: Ati Gropius Johansen. Father: Walter Gropius. Asheville Art Museum Collection. The Asheville Art Museum has a collection of drawings and letters by Ati, many with Jane Slater, and can be seen at collections.