Josef Albers
ARTISTJosef 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.
moreBiography adapted from Wikipedia: Josef Albers (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Josef Albers, wall art & digital downloads
Shop 2 artworks by Josef Albers (German, 1888–1976) — every piece is public domain and can be printed as canvas, rolled canvas, framed canvas or a framed print.
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.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
At a glance
Most of Josef Albers's work on the site falls under Portraits (1), Drawings (1).
By movement, it's catalogued as Expressionism (2).
Culture: German (2).
By orientation: 2 landscape.
Dated work in this group ranges from 1916 to 1918.
Other German artists of the period
If you like this artist, these contemporaries are catalogued too:
- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner — 1,021 artworks
- Lovis Corinth — 969 artworks
- Max Beckmann — 659 artworks
- Max Klinger — 519 artworks
- Paul Klee — 310 artworks
- Käthe Kollwitz — 285 artworks
- Franz von Stuck — 150 artworks
- Otto Mueller — 147 artworks
Prints of these artworks
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Sizes and framing
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