Albers, Josef

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Josef Albers was born in Bottrop, Germany, on March 19, 1888. He studied art in schools in Berlin, Essen, and Munich before joining the Bauhaus school in 1920. From the completion of his studies in 1923 until the school was closed by the Nazis in 1933, Albers remained at the Bauhaus as a teacher. In 1933 Albers joined the faculty of Black Mountain College in North Carolina, where he remained until 1950 when he accepted an appointment as chairman of the Yale University Department of Design. He retired in 1958 and died on March 25, 1976.

From the description of Josef Albers papers, 1899-1973 (inclusive), 1934-1973 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702194598

Painter, printmaker.

From the description of Josef Albers papers, 1929-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122455152

From the description of Josef Albers papers, 1958-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557005

From the description of Josef Albers papers, 1929-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 688846162

Painter, educator; New Haven, Conn.

From the description of Oral history interview with Josef Albers, 1968 June 22-July 5 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 613316244

From the description of Josef Albers interview, 1968 June 22-July 5 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79269792

B. 1888, d. 1976.

From the description of Josef Albers artist file. (Whitney Museum of American Art). WorldCat record id: 228432148

Josef Albers (1888-1976) was a painter and printmaker from New Haven, Conn.

From the description of Josef Albers papers, 1929-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 744424745

Painter, educator; New Haven, Connecticut.

From the description of Josef Albers lecture : sound recording ; [ca. 1967]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122648190

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referencedIn Thomas, Howard, 1899-1971. Howard Thomas papers, 1888, 1895, 1899-1974 [manuscript]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Arnold Newman photographs of artists Archives of American Art
referencedIn Library Collection of Study Photographs and Clippings, ca. 1930-2000 Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, The Clark
creatorOf J. B. Neumann papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Burton Wasserman papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Marian Gore "Art Scene" interviews and papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Mills College Art Gallery letters Archives of American Art
creatorOf Josef Albers papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Bauhaus. Postcards about the Bauhaus, 1922-1926. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Bayer, Irene. Photographs of Bauhaus faculty and students, ca. 1928-ca. 1934. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Oral history interview with Katharine Kuh Archives of American Art
referencedIn Tiger's eye records, 1939-1955. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Yale Literary Magazine. Yale Literary Magazine records, 1847-1959 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn Peter Milton papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Bauhaus typography collection, 1919-1937, undated Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Albers, Josef. Artist file. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
referencedIn Kandinsky, Wassily, 1866-1944. Wassily Kandinsky papers, 1911-1940 (bulk 1921-1937). Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Papers, 1921-1969, (bulk 1938-1969) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Albers, Josef. Josef Albers letter to Howard Levy, 1971. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf Colette Roberts Papers and Interviews with Artists Archives of American Art
creatorOf Katharine Kuh papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Katharine Kuh Archives of American Art
referencedIn Hannes Beckmann papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Brooklyn Museum records Archives of American Art
creatorOf James Brooks and Charlotte Park papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Frans Wildenhain papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Collection on RIT campus art 1955-2003 RIT Library, Wallace Library
referencedIn American Federation of Arts records Archives of American Art
referencedIn Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.). The photographs of Josef Albers. 1988 : Archives pamphlet file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf Rutherford Boyd papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Conrad, Hans Gunter. William S. Huff papers, Hochschule für Gestaltung (Ulm, Germany) collection, 1953- SUNY at Buffalo, University at Buffalo
referencedIn James Lord papers, 1917-2003, 1946-2003 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Katherine S. Dreier papers / Société Anonyme archive, 1818-1952, 1920-1951 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Gyorgy Kepes papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Walter and Ise Gropius papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Albers, Anni. Assorted papers relating to Bauhaus designers, 1919-1984. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Albers, Anni. Reminiscences of Anni Albers : oral history, 1985. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Artists' Gallery records Archives of American Art
referencedIn Clemens Kalischer papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Eva Lee Gallery records Archives of American Art
referencedIn Wu, King-Lui. King-Lui Wu papers, 1942-1991 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn Michael Loew papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Lydia Winston Malbin papers, 1891-1997, 1938-1997 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Mervin Lane Manuscripts North Carolina Division of Archives & Hist
creatorOf Albers, Josef. Josef Albers : artist file : study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation 1930?-1990 [graphic] [compiled by staff of The Museum of Modern Art, New York]. Frick Art Reference Library of The Frick Collection
referencedIn Albers, Josef, 1888-1976 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf Hildebrandt, Hans. Hans and Lily Hildebrandt Papers, 1899-1979. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Dearstyne, Howard. Papers, 1911-1986 (bulk 1953-1971). Library of Congress
creatorOf Jane Sabersky papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Albers, Josef, 1888-1976. Josef Alber : Artist File. International Center of Photography
referencedIn Library Collection of Study Photographs and Clippings, ca. 1930-2000 Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, The Clark
creatorOf Josef Albers letters to J. B. Neumann Archives of American Art
creatorOf Albers, Josef. Letter : to Ursula Weiss, 1932. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Elsa Schmid papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Albers, Josef. Josef Albers artist file. Whitney Museum of American Art, Library
creatorOf Albers, Josef. Artist file. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
creatorOf Frankforter, Katherine. Class notes from Black Mountain College, 1942-1945. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Raymond Jonson papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Eisenhart, Richard H., 1915-2010,. Richard H. Eisenhart papers 1938-1990 RIT Library, Wallace Library
creatorOf Abstract art around the world today Archives of American Art
creatorOf Richard Lippold papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn José de Creeft papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Avis Berman research material on Katharine Kuh Archives of American Art
creatorOf Will Henry Stevens papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Smithsonian Institution. Libraries. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Library audio archive collection, 1969-2004. Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
referencedIn Howard Dearstyne Papers, 1911-1986, (bulk 1953-1971) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Guthrie Foster papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Giopulos, Peter,. Peter Giopulos files on campus art 1999-2004 RIT Library, Wallace Library
creatorOf Wiessner, Georg Gustav, 1893-. Correspondence, 1930-1957. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Asawa, Ruth. Ruth Asawa papers, circa 1948-2007. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Albers, Josef : Biographical file. Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
creatorOf Stanford University. Dept. of Art. Stanford University, Art Department, files regarding Albers Wall, 1973-1980. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Busch-Reisinger Museum collection of Bauhaus materials, 1919-1955 (bulk). Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums
referencedIn Hans Namuth photographs and papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Bauhaus student work, 1919-1933 Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Vaclav Vytlacil papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Catherine Viviano Gallery records Archives of American Art
referencedIn Matter, Herbert, 1907-1984. Herbert Matter papers, circa 1937-1984. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Colette Roberts Papers and Interviews with Artists Archives of American Art
creatorOf Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969. Walter Gropius papers, 1925-1969 (inclusive), 1937-1969 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Josef Albers : vertical file. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
referencedIn John A. Parker papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Black Mountain College. Letters, 1940-1947, to Lewis Mumford. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Tschichold, Jan, 1902-1974. Jan and Edith Tschichold papers, 1899-1979 (bulk 1920-1938). Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Albers, Josef. Correspondence to Edward F. Fry, 1973-1975. University of Pennsylvania Library
creatorOf Albers, Josef. Josef Albers papers, 1899-1973 (inclusive), 1934-1973 (bulk). Yale University Library
creatorOf Albers, Josef. Josef Albers : [vertical file]. Morris Museum of Art Library
creatorOf Lydia and Harry Lewis Winston papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf American Abstract Artists records Archives of American Art
creatorOf Albers, Josef. Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1936-1940. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Mitch Tuchman papers relating to the book Painters Painting Archives of American Art
creatorOf Beckmann, Hannes, 1909-1977. Papers, 1928-1977. Getty Research Institute
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Oral history interview with John Cage Archives of American Art
creatorOf Interviews of artists by Brian O'Doherty Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Joseph Warren McCullough Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Robert Rauschenberg Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Richard Anuszkiewicz Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Ilya Bolotowsky Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Bernard Chaet Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Merry Renk Archives of American Art
creatorOf Oral history interview with Josef Albers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with V. V. Rankine Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Alison Knowles Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Ruth Asawa and Albert Lanier Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Richard Lippold Archives of American Art
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associatedWith Albers, Anni. person
associatedWith Albers, Josef, 1888-1976. person
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associatedWith American Federation of Arts. corporateBody
associatedWith Anuszkiewicz, Richard person
associatedWith Arp, Hans Jean, 1887-1966. person
associatedWith Artists' Gallery (New York, N.Y) corporateBody
associatedWith Asawa, Ruth, person
associatedWith Baltimore Museum of Art. corporateBody
associatedWith Bauhaus. corporateBody
associatedWith Baumeister, Willi, 1889-1955. person
associatedWith Bayer, Irene. person
associatedWith Beckmann, Hannes, 1909-1977. person
associatedWith Berman, Avis. person
associatedWith Black Mountain College (Black Mountain, N.C.) corporateBody
associatedWith Bolotowsky, Ilya, 1907-1981, person
associatedWith Boyd, Rutherford, 1882-1951. person
associatedWith Brooklyn Museum. corporateBody
associatedWith Brooks, James, 1906- person
associatedWith Cage, John 1912-1992 person
associatedWith Catherine Viviano Gallery. corporateBody
associatedWith Chaet, Bernard person
correspondedWith Dearstyne, Howard. person
associatedWith De Creeft, José, 1884-1982. person
associatedWith Dreier, Katherine Sophie, 1877-1952. person
associatedWith Eisenhart, Richard H., 1915-2010, person
associatedWith Eva Lee Gallery. corporateBody
associatedWith Feininger, Lyonel, 1871-1956. person
associatedWith Fesci, Sevim, person
associatedWith Foster, Guthrie. person
associatedWith Frankforter, Katherine. person
associatedWith Giopulos, Peter, person
associatedWith Gore, Marian L., person
associatedWith Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969. person
associatedWith Harvard University. Graduate School of Design. corporateBody
associatedWith Heckel, Erich, 1883-1970. person
associatedWith Hildebrandt, Hans. person
associatedWith Itten, Johannes, 1888-1967. person
associatedWith Jonson, Raymond, 1891-1982. person
associatedWith Kalischer, Clemens, 1921- person
associatedWith Kandinsky, Wassily, 1866-1944. person
associatedWith Kepes, Gyorgy, 1906-2001. person
associatedWith Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig, 1880-1938. person
associatedWith Knowles, Alison, 1933- person
associatedWith Kuh, Katharine person
associatedWith Lane, Mervin. person
associatedWith Leake, Eugene, 1911- person
correspondedWith Levy, Howard person
associatedWith Lippold, Richard, 1915- person
associatedWith Loew, Michael, 1907-1985. person
associatedWith Lord, James. person
associatedWith Matter, Herbert, 1907-1984. person
associatedWith McCullough, Joseph Warren, 1922- person
associatedWith Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969. person
associatedWith Mills College. Art Gallery. corporateBody
associatedWith Milton, Peter, 1930- person
associatedWith Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. corporateBody
associatedWith Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Namuth, Hans. person
associatedWith Neumann, J. B. (Jsrael Ber) person
associatedWith Newman, Arnold, 1918-2006. person
associatedWith Parker, John A. (John Albert) person
associatedWith Rankine, V. V., 1920-2004 person
associatedWith Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008 person
associatedWith Renk, Merry, 1921- person
associatedWith Roberts, Colette, 1910- person
associatedWith Sabersky, Jane, 1911?-1983. person
associatedWith Schlemmer, Oskar, 1888-1943. person
associatedWith Schmid, Elsa, 1897- person
associatedWith Schmidt-Rottluff, Karl, 1884-1976. person
associatedWith Stanford University. Dept. of Art. corporateBody
associatedWith Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Library. corporateBody
associatedWith Stevens, Will Henry, 1881-1949. person
associatedWith Stuck, Franz, Ritter von, 1863-1928. person
associatedWith Taeuber-Arp, Sophie, 1889-1943. person
associatedWith Tamarind Lithography Workshop. corporateBody
associatedWith Thomas, Howard, 1899-1971. person
associatedWith Tschichold, Jan, 1902-1974. person
associatedWith Tuchman, Mitch. person
associatedWith Tyler, Kenneth E. person
associatedWith Vytlacil, Vaclav, 1892-1984. person
associatedWith Wasserman, Burton. person
associatedWith Weiss, Ursula. person
associatedWith Whitney Museum of American Art. corporateBody
associatedWith Wiessner, Georg Gustav, 1893- person
associatedWith Wildenhain, Frans, 1905-1980. person
associatedWith Winston, Lydia, 1897- person
associatedWith Wu, King-Lui. person
associatedWith Yale Literary Magazine. corporateBody
associatedWith Yale University corporateBody
associatedWith Yale University. School of Art and Architecture. corporateBody
associatedWith York University (Toronto, Ont.) corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Connecticut--New Haven
Connecticut--New Haven
Connecticut--New Haven
United States
Subject
Art, Modern
Art, American
Art
Art
Art
Artists
Art teachers
Collagists
Die Brücke (Dresden)
Language and languages
Painters
Painters
Printmakers
Stained glass artists
Occupation
Painter
Activity

Person

Active 1919

Active 1984

French,

English,

German,

Spanish; Castilian

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