Josef Albers Despite Straight Lines : an Analysis of His Graphic Constructions
Author of the influential "Interaction of Color," Josef Albers is best known for his extensive, influential research in color theory as well as for the hundreds of paintings/prints in the series "Homage to the Square." Through his teachings he introduced a generation of American artists to the modernist concepts of Bauhaus, while his experimentation in color theory, interaction & geometric shapes inspired American art movements & artists such as Jacob Lawrence, R. Rauschenberg & S. Sillman. "Despite Straight Lines" contains an analysis of his graphic constructions by Francois Bucher & Albers' poetry.
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RELEASED1977
PUBLISHERMIT Press
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German artist and designer; prof. at the Bauhaus. Albers trained as an art teacher at Königliche 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. *(Source: Union List of Artist Names - Getty Research Institute)*
Josef Albers Despite Straight Lines : an Analysis of His Graphic Constructions
by François Bucher, Josef Albers
Author of the influential "Interaction of Color," Josef Albers is best known for his extensive, influential research in color theory as well as for the hundreds of paintings/prints in the series "Homage to the Square." Through his teachings he introduced a generation of American artists to the modernist concepts of Bauhaus, while his experimentation in color theory, interaction & geometric shapes inspired American art movements & artists such as Jacob Lawrence, R. Rauschenberg & S. Sillman. "Despite Straight Lines" contains an analysis of his graphic constructions by Francois Bucher & Albers' poetry.
ArtEuropeanDesign
RELEASED1977
PUBLISHERMIT Press
LENGTH111
LANGUAGEEN
German artist and designer; prof. at the Bauhaus. Albers trained as an art teacher at Königliche 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. *(Source: Union List of Artist Names - Getty Research Institute)*
