Joseph Albers

JOSEPH ALBERS


He was an artist originally from Germany who came to America during WWII. At the art school he attended in Bauhaus, Germany he was introduced to the beginnings of “Abstract” Art. He brought his great perspective with him and taught art in North Carolina and then at Yale University.

He has always loved using geometric shapes, lines and color in his art. He used them in such a way in his composition that he could create an illusion of how the picture looked to the eye versus how the art really was done. He was truly the master at understanding colors and knew how to place the correct colors together to give the shapes new direction and meaning. He realized that color influences the composition and can affect the space around the shape. He was able to give his geometric shapes a dimensional look by just figuring out what colors to use together.
Here are a few websites on Joseph Albers.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2010/02/19/GA2010021902645.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0110336/albers.htm
http://design101.tumblr.com/