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Josef Albers

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Josef Albers , 1888-1976, German-American painter, printmaker, designer, and teacher, b. Bottrop, Germany. After working at the Bauhaus (1920-33), Albers and his wife, the textile designer and weaver Anni Albers, emigrated to the United States when Hitler came to power. Albers taught throughout the Americas and Europe, headed the art department (1933-49) at Black Mountain College, and was director of the Yale School of Art (1950-58), where he was responsible for major innovations in art education. An extremely versatile artist, he is best known for his Homage to the Square, a series of... Read more

Josef Albers
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Albers, Josef
Albers, Josef (1888–1976). German...closed by the Nazis in 1933, Albers emigrated to the USA—...numerous academic awards. Although Albers had made lithographs and woodcuts...in relation to each other. Albers's research in this area appeared... Read more

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	It's hip to be square Josef Albers: Prints 1916-1976 ; ...September Purity, proportion, perception: Josef Albers (1888-1976) was concerned with all of them, especially the last. Albers was obsessed with colour perception...Bauhaus, the German design centre where Albers taught in the 1920s. In showing his... Read more
	FEATURE: How the Bauhaus went west It only lasted 13 years, but the Bauhaus's influence on art, architecture and design remains enormous. As a new exhibition shows, Josef Albers, one of its leading figures, brought its ideas of modernism to an entire generation of American artists through his example and his teaching. Tom Rosenthal reports ; ...Marcel Breuer, Johannes Itten, Josef and Anni Albers. There is certainly a case to...influential painter to emerge was Josef Albers simply because, until his late...was powerfully significant for Albers. He made a lifelong friend of... Read more
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