Josef Albers
German-American designer, painter, educator and typographer (1888-1976) · Germany · Artists · Died at 88
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Something wrong?Josef Albers was a German-born American artist and educator who is considered one of the most influential 20th-century art teachers in the United States.
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Josef Albers was a German-born American artist and educator who is considered one of the most influential 20th-century art teachers in the United States. Born in 1888 in Bottrop, Westphalia, Germany, into a Roman Catholic family with a background in craftsmanship, Albers received practical training in diverse skills like engraving glass, plumbing, and wiring during his childhood. He later worked as a schoolteacher from 1908 to 1913 and received his first public commission in 1918 and moved to Munich in 1919.
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