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1888 Bottrop, Germany - 1976 New Haven, Connecticut. Known for: Serial geometric, non objective painting.
The following is submitted by Cornelia Seckel, publisher, ART TIMES. "Josef Albers at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum". By RAYMOND J. STEINER. ART TIMES May 1988. IF DIVERSIFICATION is often the... Read full biography
The following is submitted by Cornelia Seckel, publisher, ART TIMES. "Josef Albers at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum". By RAYMOND J. STEINER. ART TIMES May 1988. IF DIVERSIFICATION is often the undoing of a minor talent, this retrospective of Josef Albers at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum... Read full biography
The following is submitted by Cornelia Seckel, publisher, ART TIMES. "Josef Albers at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum". By RAYMOND J. STEINER. ART TIMES May 1988. IF DIVERSIFICATION is often the undoing of a minor talent, this retrospective of Josef Albers at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (March 25 thru May 29) shows how it can strengthen and eventually serve to focus the mature vision of a master. The first major retrospective of Albers's work, this exhibition of about 250 pieces (covering... Read full biography
The following is submitted by Cornelia Seckel, publisher, ART TIMES. "Josef Albers at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum". By RAYMOND J. STEINER. ART TIMES May 1988. IF DIVERSIFICATION is often the undoing of a minor talent, this retrospective of Josef Albers at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (March 25 thru May 29) shows how it can strengthen and eventually serve to focus the mature vision of a master. The first major retrospective of Albers's work, this exhibition of about 250 pieces (covering his output from 1914 to 1976) allows for a long view of the man and his oeuvre. What we get here is the complex and arduous struggle which occupied Albers from roughly his 25th to his 60th year and which culminated in the deceptive simplicity of his... Read full biography
The following is submitted by Cornelia Seckel, publisher, ART TIMES. "Josef Albers at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum". By RAYMOND J. STEINER. ART TIMES May 1988. IF DIVERSIFICATION is often the undoing of a minor talent, this retrospective of Josef Albers at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (March 25 thru May 29) shows how it can strengthen and eventually serve to focus the mature vision of a master. The first major retrospective of Albers's work, this exhibition of about 250 pieces (covering his output from 1914 to 1976) allows for a long view of the man and his oeuvre. What we get here is the complex and arduous struggle which occupied Albers from roughly his 25th to his 60th year and which culminated in the deceptive simplicity of his Homage to the Square, a series of well over a thousand paintings executed durin... Read full biography
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Keywords (43)
Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Palette Knife, Heavy Texture
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Aluminum/Aluminium
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Painting on Glass, Glass Design, Studio Glass Art
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Pencil, Graphite Drawing
- •Stained Glass Design, Restoration, Crafting
- •Tempera
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
- •Wood for carving, sculpture, and/or surface
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
- •Op Art, Optical
Art Subject
- •Non Objective Subject
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Mexico and/or Central America
Art Association
- •American Abstract Artists-
- •Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors
Art School
- •Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (Royal Academy, Student
- •Bauhaus Student, Germany and/or US Teacher
- •Black Mountain College, North Carolina, Teacher
- •Yale University School of Fine Art, and Architecture, Teacher
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Anna and Frank Hall Collection, Sheldon Gallery, Lincoln
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Printmaking Specialty
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Art Basel Miami Beach
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Metropolitan Museum of Art
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Museum of Non Objective Painting
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts