Following their precipitous meeting at the famed Bauhaus school in 1922, artists Josef and Anni Albers, arguably the most enduring couple to emerge from the Bauhaus movement, would chart the rest of ...
If there were any justice in this world, those hearing the name Albers would ask “which one?” rather than assume a reference to Josef, the painter, color theorist and influential teacher. The other ...
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CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The papers of artist and weaver Anni Albers measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1924-1969. They consist primarily of printed materials about ...
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It wasn’t his art history degree from Columbia University that would lead Nicholas Fox Weber, now the Executive Director of the Albers Foundation, into the art world. It was romance. Or, more ...
“Small-Great Objects: Anni and Josef Albers in the Americas,” a new exhibition at the Yale University Art Gallery, examines the many resonances between the art-making and art-collecting strategies of ...
On October 28, MUDEC, Milan’s new ethnographic museum, will launch the exhibition “A Beautiful Confluence: Anni and Josef Albers and the Latin American World,” which will reveal a lesser-known facet ...
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Josef Albers began using glass as a primary medium, fusing together pieces he salvaged from the Weimar, Germany, garbage dump, when he started studying at Bauhaus in 1920 at the age of 32. His ...
Josef, the prominent Bauhaus master, influential color theorist and Black Mountain College and Yale University professor, is celebrated for his “Homage to the Square” series of abstract paintings and ...
Tate Modern’s fascinating show on the work of Bauhaus-trained fiber artist, designer, and writer Anni Albers (1899–1994) is timely and overdue. She was a great artist, but some dings unjustly ...