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Anni Albers

German-American textile artist, weaver and graphic designer, student and teacher at the Bauhaus (1899-1994) · Germany · Artists · Died at 94

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Anni Albers was a German-Jewish visual artist and printmaker. A leading textile artist of the 20th century, she is credited with blurring the lines between traditional craft and art. Born in Berlin in 1899, Fleischmann began her studies under impressionist painter Martin Brandenburg from 1916 to 1919.

A life in dates

1994Died9 May 1994Connecticut Women's Hall of FameAward1981Gold Medal for Consummate CraftsmanshipAward1980Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement AwardAward1899Born12 June 1899

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Awards

Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame1994
Gold Medal for Consummate Craftsmanship1981
Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award1980

In their orbit

Spouse: Josef Albers

About this person

Anni Albers was a German-Jewish visual artist and printmaker. A leading textile artist of the 20th century, she is credited with blurring the lines between traditional craft and art. Born in Berlin in 1899, Fleischmann began her studies under impressionist painter Martin Brandenburg from 1916 to 1919. She briefly attended the Kunstgewerbeschule in Hamburg in 1919. She later enrolled at the Bauhaus, an avant-garde art and architecture school founded by Walter Gropius in Weimar in 1922. At Bauhaus, she began exploring weaving after facing restrictions in other disciplines due to gender biases at the institution.

Country
Germany
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1899 to 1994 · aged 94

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