Albers, Josef (1888-1976) - 1921 Untitled
Born and trained in Germany, he moved to America during the Nazi era. His specialty was geometric abstraction and color study. Albers' work represents a transition between traditional European art and the new American art. His work incorporated European influences from the constructivists and the Bauhaus movement, and its intensity and smallness of scale were typically European. However, his influence fell heavily on American artists of the late 1950s and the 1960s. "Hard-edge" abstract painters drew on his use of patterns and intense colors, while Op artists and conceptual artists further explored his interest in perception.
Albers, Josef (1888-1976) - 1921 Untitled
Born and trained in Germany, he moved to America during the Nazi era. His specialty was geometric abstraction and color study. Albers' work represents a transition between traditional European art and the new American art. His work incorporated European influences from the constructivists and the Bauhaus movement, and its intensity and smallness of scale were typically European. However, his influence fell heavily on American artists of the late 1950s and the 1960s. "Hard-edge" abstract painters drew on his use of patterns and intense colors, while Op artists and conceptual artists further explored his interest in perception.