 This was the beginning of academic arts education in Weimar.The institution created its own painting style, the "Weimar School" of painting with representatives such as Max Liebermann and Arnold Böcklin.The Kunstgewerbeschule Weimar was found by Henry van de Velde with the support of Grand Duke William Ernest in 1902 and represents the other root of the Bauhaus, known as "Das Neue Weimar" ("The New Weimar") around Harry Graf Kessler.