Josef Albers

- Introduction
- Josef Albers (; German: [ˈalbɐs]; March 19, 1888 – March 25, 1976) was a German-born artist and educator. He taught at the Bauhaus and Black Mountain College, headed Yale University's department of design, and is considered one of the most influential teachers of the visual arts in the twentieth century. As an artist, Albers worked in several disciplines, including photography, typography, murals and printmaking. He is best known for his work as an abstract painter and a theorist. His book Interaction of Color was published in 1963.
- Wikidata
- Q170071
- Introduction
- Born 19 March 1888; died 25 March 1976. Albers trained as an art teacher at Königliche Kunstschule in Berlin, Germany, from 1913 to 1915. From 1916 to 1919 he began his work as a printmaker at the Kunstgewerbschule in nearby Essen, Germany. In 1919 he went to Munich, Germany, to study at the Königliche Bayerische Akademie der Bildenden Kunst, where he was a pupil of Max Doerner and Frank Stuck. In 1920 he attended the preliminary course (Vorkurs) at the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany, and was appointed a master in 1923 or 1925. In 1925 Albers moved with the Bauhaus to Dessau, Germany, where he was named master. From 1928 to 1930 he was also in charge of the furniture workshop. In 1932 he moved with the Bauhaus to Berlin. From 1933, after the closure of the Bauhaus in Berlin, until 1949, Albers taught at Black Mountain College in North Carolina. From 1948 to 1950 or from 1950 to 1958, Albers was professor and chairman of the Department of Design at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. He remained there as a visiting professor until 1960. After his retirement from Yale University, Albers continued to live in New Haven and to paint, monitor his own exhibitions and publications, write, lecture and work on large commissioned sculptures for architectural settings. He was highly regarded as a teacher and is considered influential for the generation of artists emerging in the 1950s and 1960s. Comment on works: abstract
- Nationalities
- German, American, Bavarian
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Author, Professor, Designer, Teacher, Typographer, Painter, Photographer, Sculptor, Theorist
- Names
- Josef Albers, Joseph Albers, Albers
- Ulan
- 500033049
Exhibitions
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510: Machines, Mannequins, and Monsters
Fall 2019–Fall 2020
MoMA
Collection gallery
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One and One Is Four: The Bauhaus Photocollages of
Josef Albers Nov 23, 2016–Apr 2, 2017
MoMA
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From the Collection:
1960–1969 Mar 26, 2016–Mar 19, 2017
MoMA
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Making Music Modern: Design for Ear and Eye
Nov 15, 2014–Jan 18, 2016
MoMA
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There Will Never Be Silence: Scoring John Cage’s
4′33″ Oct 12, 2013–Jun 22, 2014
MoMA
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Josef Albers has
62 exhibitionsonline.
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Josef Albers Embossed Linear Constructions (ELC) 1969
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Josef Albers ELC 1-A from Embossed Linear Constructions (ELC) 1969
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Josef Albers ELC 1-B from Embossed Linear Constructions (ELC) 1969
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Josef Albers ELC 1-C from Embossed Linear Constructions (ELC) 1969
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Josef Albers ELC 1-D from Embossed Linear Constructions (ELC) 1969
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Josef Albers ELC 2-A from Embossed Linear Constructions (ELC) 1969
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Josef Albers ELC 2-B from Embossed Linear Constructions (ELC) 1969
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Josef Albers ELC 2-C from Embossed Linear Constructions (ELC) 1969
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Josef Albers ELC 2-D from Embossed Linear Constructions (ELC) 1969
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Josef Albers White Embossings on Gray (WEG) 1971
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Josef Albers WEG I from White Embossings on Gray (WEG) 1971
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Josef Albers WEG II from White Embossings on Gray (WEG) 1971
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Josef Albers WEG III from White Embossings on Gray (WEG) 1971
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Josef Albers WEG IV from White Embossings on Gray (WEG) 1971
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Josef Albers WEG V from White Embossings on Gray (WEG) 1971
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Josef Albers WEG VI from White Embossings on Gray (WEG) 1971
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Josef Albers WEG VII from White Embossings on Gray (WEG) 1971
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Josef Albers WEG VIII from White Embossings on Gray (WEG) 1971
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Josef Albers WEG IX from White Embossings on Gray (WEG) 1971
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Josef Albers WEG X from White Embossings on Gray (WEG) 1971
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Josef Albers P. Blue 1971
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Josef Albers P. Green 1971
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Josef Albers P. Black 1971
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Josef Albers P. Yellow 1971
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Josef Albers Formulation: Articulation 1972
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Josef Albers I-S LXXIIb Homage to the Square and I-S LXXIIa Homage to the Square 1972
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Josef Albers Gray Instrumentation I 1974
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Josef Albers Gray Instrumentation Ia from Gray Instrumentation I 1974
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Josef Albers Gray Instrumentation Ib from Gray Instrumentation I 1974
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Josef Albers Gray Instrumentation Ic from Gray Instrumentation I 1974
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Josef Albers Gray Instrumentation Id from Gray Instrumentation I 1974
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Josef Albers Gray Instrumentation Ie from Gray Instrumentation I 1974
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Josef Albers Gray Instrumentation If from Gray Instrumentation I 1974
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Josef Albers Gray Instrumentation Ig from Gray Instrumentation I 1974
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Josef Albers Gray Instrumentation Ih from Gray Instrumentation I 1974
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Josef Albers Gray Instrumentation Ii from Gray Instrumentation I 1974
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Josef Albers Gray Instrumentation Ij from Gray Instrumentation I 1974
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Josef Albers Gray Instrumentation Ik from Gray Instrumentation I 1974
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Josef Albers Gray Instrumentation Il from Gray Instrumentation I 1974
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Josef Albers Gray Instrumentation II 1975
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Josef Albers Grey Instrumentation IIa from Gray Instrumentation II 1975
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Josef Albers Gray Instrumentation IIb from Gray Instrumentation II 1975
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Josef Albers Gray Instrumentation IIc from Gray Instrumentation II 1975
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Josef Albers Gray Instrumentation IId from Gray Instrumentation II 1975
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Josef Albers Gray Instrumentation IIe from Gray Instrumentation II 1975
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Josef Albers Gray Instrumentation IIf from Gray Instrumentation II 1975
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Josef Albers Gray Instrumentation IIg from Gray Instrumentation II 1975
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Josef Albers Gray Instrumentation IIh from Gray Instrumentation II 1975
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