Josef Albers
Josef Albers was a German-born American artist and educator who is considered one of the most influential 20th-century art teachers in the United States. Born in 1888 in Bottrop, Westphalia, Germany, into a Roman Catholic family with a background in craftsmanship, Albers received practical training in diverse skills like engraving glass, plumbing, and wiring during his childhood. He later worked as a schoolteacher from 1908 to 1913 and received his first public commission in 1918 and moved to Munich in 1919.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Bottrop
- Educated at
- BauhausAcademy of Fine Arts, MunichWillem de Kooning Academy
- Awards
- 🏆 Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany🏆 AIGA Medal
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Trending topics shown first"I have not built any theory. I have only tried to build up sensitive eyes, as my book says. And I have tried to achieve that by aiming at very distinct color relationships again – like how do they inf…"
"Seeing several of these paintings next to each other makes it obvious that each painting is an instrumentation on its own."
"In 1923, when I had been a student at the 'Bauhaus' in Weimar.. ..Gropius asked me to teach the basic course 'Werklehhre'. He wanted me to introduce newcomers to the principles of handicrafts. He knew…"
"For me, abstraction is real, probably more real than nature. I'll go further and say that abstraction is nearer my heart. I prefer to see with closed eyes."
"In order to use color effectively it is necessary to recognize that color deceives continually."
"There science is dealing with physical facts, in art we are dealing with psychic effects. With this I come to my first statement: 'The source of art – that is, where it comes from – is the discrepancy…"
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Timeline
1888
Born
Birth1976
Died
Death
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