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As longtime residents of Aspen, Colorado, Lynda and Stewart Resnick, co-owners of The Wonderful Company, recognize the profound impact of Herbert Bayer’s artistic work in the community and beyond.
The Bayer Center, which opened in 2022 thanks to a founding gift from the Resnicks, through their foundation, celebrates the works and influence of Herbert Bayer (1900–1985), a brilliant artist, designer, and multimedia visionary of the 20th century. He studied and taught at the Bauhaus before emigrating from Germany to the United States in 1938. Upon relocating to Aspen in 1946, Bayer supported Aspen’s postwar revitalization, shaped the Aspen Institute’s early artistic and programmatic vision, and designed the campus of the Aspen Institute.
Inspired by Bayer’s legacy and driven by a commitment to ensuring the arts are accessible to all, the Resnicks, through their foundation, pledged a $10 million gift to the Resnick Center for Herbert Bayer Studies in Aspen this summer.
Art and design have always inspired Stewart and me for their power to shape the world and elevate the human spirit. Few embodied this more than Herbert Bayer, whose vision transformed Aspen and the Aspen Institute into living works of art that celebrate nature, creativity, and community.
Lynda Resnick
vice chair and co-owner of The Wonderful Company
The Resnicks’ endowment gift will provide crucial resources to support the operations of the Bayer Center. It will also support the center’s ongoing commitment to creating new exhibitions that showcase the work and legacy of Bayer, whose multifaceted work represents the fullest expression of the Bauhaus movement in America.
To learn more about Resnicks’ philanthropic efforts to ensure equitable access to the arts for all, visit csr.wonderful.com.
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