Happy Birthday Josef Albers!

Josef Albers was born on March 19, 1888 in Bottrop, Germany.

Josef Albers went to art school at the Weimar Bauhaus.

Josef Albers was part of the following art movement: DeStijl

Josef Albers most famous painting is Homage to the Square painted in 1965.

Three facts about Josef Albers:

1. Albers was a professor of art at the Bauhaus, Black Mountain College and Yale University.

2. While a professor at Black Mountain College, he taught fellow artists Robert Rauschenburg and Cy Twombly.

3. In 1971, Josef Albers established a not-for-profit organization to further “the revelation and evocation of vision through art.”

Josef Albers died on March 25, 1976.

Quote: “I prefer to see with closed eyes.”