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."

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Josef Albers canonical 19
Albers 2
Josef Albers Estate 1

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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 ⓘ
Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Munich ⓘ
surface form: Königliche Bayerische Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich
employer Bauhaus ⓘ
Black Mountain College ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ
ethnicGroup Germans ⓘ
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surface form: Albers
fieldOfWork art education ⓘ
color theory ⓘ
painting ⓘ
printmaking ⓘ
fullName Josef Albers self-link ⓘ
genre abstract art ⓘ
geometric abstraction ⓘ
givenName Jozef ⓘ
surface form: Josef
hasSeries Homage to the Square ⓘ
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surface form: Variant/Adobe
influenced Minimalism ⓘ
Op art ⓘ
contemporary color theory ⓘ
influencedBy Bauhaus school of design ⓘ
surface form: Bauhaus pedagogy
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
German ⓘ
mannerOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
movement Bauhaus ⓘ
Abstract art ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
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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 ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Anni Albers ⓘ
workLocation Berlin ⓘ
Black Mountain, North Carolina ⓘ
Dessau ⓘ
New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ

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David Zwirner Gallery → represents → Josef Albers ⓘ
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Bauhaus movement → notableMember → Josef Albers ⓘ
Kenneth Noland → studiedUnder → Josef Albers ⓘ
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Bauhaus school of design → notableTeacher → Josef Albers ⓘ
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Black Mountain College → hadFaculty → Josef Albers ⓘ
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Kunstgewerbeschule Essen → notableAlumnus → Josef Albers ⓘ
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Academy of Fine Arts Munich → notableAlumnus → Josef Albers ⓘ