Josef Albers
Formulation:Articulation #2440
1972
silkscreen ed:1000
Frame:40.4ｘ52.6cm
This is a framed excerpt from Josef Albers’ portfolio (art book) Formulation and Articulation I & II.
Frame: New
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ABOUT Josef Albers
Josef Albers was born in Germany in 1888. After studying at the Bauhaus, which was located in Germany at the time and taught art and architecture comprehensively, he taught at the school. With the closure of the Bauhaus, he emigrated to the United States. He is known for his simple abstract paintings with multiple squares arranged in a regular pattern. He also continued his art education in the U.S., and his students include Robert Rauschenberg and Cy Twombly.
BIOGRAPHY
1888 Born in Bottrop
1930 becomes assistant director of the Bauhaus
1931 begins first series, the so-called "Violinschlüssel" (treble clef).
1933 Nazis close the Bauhaus. Moves to the United States at the invitation of Black Mountain College in Asheville, North Carolina.
1933 - 1949 Professor at Black Mountain College (students include Robert Rauschenberg and John Cage)
1939 Annie and Joffes Albers become U.S. citizens
1947 Albers begins the "Variant/Adobe" series
1949 Produces the first black and white study for the famous "Homage to the Square"
1950 - 1958 Serves as "Visiting Critic" at the Yale School of Design and simultaneously becomes a visiting professor at Harvard University.
1968 He received numerous awards, including the Best Marelly Award of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Order of Merit "Pour le Mérite".
1976 Josef Albers dies on March 25 in New Haven, Connecticut.
Selected solo exhibitions since 2002
2002 Josef Albers Exhibition, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
2006/2007 Albers and Moholy-Nagy: From Bauhaus to the New World, Tate Modern, London, UK.
2010 Alexey von Jawlensky and Josef Albers: Farbe, Abstract, Series. Josef Albers Museum, Quadrat, Bottrop, Germany.
2011 Josef Albers Innovation and Inspiration, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., USA
2012 Alexey von Jawlensky - Josef Albers Museum Wiesbaden, Germany
2018 Josef Albers Interaction Villa Hugel, Essen, Germany
2010-2012 Painting on Paper Josef Albers in America, Louisiana Museum of Art, Hunlebeck, Copenhagen; Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Centre National d Art Moderne Pompidou, Paris, France; Centre d Art Contemporain, Gulbenkian Museum of Lisbon, Portugal; and the Morgan Library and Museum, New York, USA.
2013 Josef Albers, Interplay of Colors, Kunstlerhaus Wien, Vienna, Austria
2016/2017 One and One is Four: Bauhaus Photocollages by Josef Albers. Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
2018 Josef Albers Interaction Villa Hugel, Essen, Germany and Josef Albers in Mexico Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York & Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice
2021 Josef and Anni Albers Art and Love, Musee d Art Moderne, Paris, France
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