Josef Albers

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abstract artist art educator color theorist human painter printmaker

Josef Albers was a German-born artist and influential educator known for his pioneering work in color theory and geometric abstraction, particularly through his series "Homage to the Square."

Aliases (2)

Albers ×1
Josef Albers Estate ×1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	abstract artist → art educator → color theorist → human → painter → printmaker →
countryOfBirth	German Empire →
countryOfCitizenship	Germany → United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1888-03-19 →
dateOfDeath	1976-03-25 →
educatedAt	Bauhaus → Kunstgewerbeschule Essen → Königliche Bayerische Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich →
employer	Bauhaus → Black Mountain College → Yale University →
ethnicGroup	Germans →
familyName	Albers →
fieldOfWork	art education → color theory → painting → printmaking →
fullName	Josef Albers →
genre	abstract art → geometric abstraction →
givenName	Josef →
hasSeries	Homage to the Square → Variant/Adobe →
influenced	Minimalism → Op art → contemporary color theory →
influencedBy	Bauhaus pedagogy →
languageOfWorkOrName	English → German →
mannerOfDeath	natural causes →
movement	Bauhaus → Geometric abstraction → Modernism →
nativeLanguage	German →
notableIdea	experiential color education → relativity of color perception →
notablePublication	Interaction of Color →
notableWork	Homage to the Square → Interaction of Color → Variant/Adobe series →
placeOfBirth	Bottrop →
placeOfDeath	New Haven, Connecticut →
positionHeld	head of design department at Yale University → professor at Black Mountain College → teacher at Bauhaus →
publicationDate	1963 →
residence	Berlin → Bottrop → Dessau → New Haven, Connecticut NERFINISHED →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Anni Albers →
workLocation	Berlin → Black Mountain, North Carolina → Dessau → New Haven, Connecticut →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Josef Albers ("Albers") →	familyName
Josef Albers →	fullName
Bauhaus →	keyFigure
Bauhaus movement →	notableMember
David Zwirner Gallery ("Josef Albers Estate") →	represents