Josef Albers
German 1888 -1976
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Born: |
Bottrop, Westphalia, Germany
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Studied: |
Royal Art School, Berlin, Germany School of Applied Art, Essen, Germany Academy of Art, Munich, Germany The Bauhaus, Germany 1920-1923
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Examples of Work: |
Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC Detroit Institute of Arts Kunst Museum, Basel, Switzerland Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Museu de Arte Moderna, Brazil Museum of Modern Art, New York City Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. Stedelijk Museum, The Netherlands Kunstmuseum, Zurich, Switzerland Museum of Folkwang, Essen, Germany
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Specialty: |
Painter Lithographer
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Style/School: |
Modernism
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Subjects Known For: |
Color Geometric forms Abstractions
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Memberships: |
American Abstract Artists National Institute of Arts and Letters American Institute of Graphic Artists Print Council of America
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Teaching Positions: |
Black Mountain College, North Carolina The Bauhaus, Germany 1923 Yale University 1950-1958
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