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Josef Albers

Born

in Bottrop, Westphalia, Germany

March 19, 1888

Died

March 25, 1976

Genre

Art

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Simple geometric patterns of various colors characterize works, such as the series Homage to the Square (1950-1959), of German-born American painter Josef Albers.

This artist and educator in Europe and the United States formed the basis of modern programs of the 20th century.

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	Interaction of Color by Josef Albers, Nicholas Fox Weber (Goodreads Author) (Foreword by) 3.92 avg rating — 14,940 ratings — published 1971 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Josef Albers: Formulation: Articulation by Josef Albers, T.G. Rosenthal (Introduction) 4.49 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poems and Drawings by Josef Albers, Nicholas Fox Weber (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Squares & Other Shapes: with Josef Albers by Josef Albers, Meagan Bennett (Designer) 4.04 avg rating — 26 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Despite Straight Lines by Josef Albers, François Bucher (contributor) 4.20 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1961 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Interazione del colore. Esercizi per imparare a vedere by Josef Albers, Isabella Chiari (Translator) 3.76 avg rating — 17 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Josef Albers: A Retrospective by Josef Albers, Nicholas Fox Weber (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Homage to the Square Journal 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Josef Albers: Art as Experience: The Teaching Method of a Bauhaus Master really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Josef Albers: Midnight and Noon 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Calm Down
what happens
happens mostly
without you.”
― Josef Albers, Poems and Drawings

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“To design is to plan and to organize, to order, to relate and to control. In short it embraces all means of opposing disorder and accident. Therefore it signifies a human need and qualifies man’s thinking and doing.”
― Josef Albers

tags: design

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“...Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers.”
― Josef Albers, Interaction of Color

tags: educational

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