Josef Albers
Josef Albers
Josef Albers was a German-born American artist and educator whose work, both in Europe and in the United States, formed the basis of some of the most influential and far-reaching art education programs of the twentieth century...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth19 March 1888
CountryGermany
carries colors ground hue repeated therefore
Repeated experiments with adjacent colors will show that any ground subtracts its own hue from the colors which it carries and therefore influences.
ate collected money received saved
On the little money I had collected I lived in Berlin very cheaply, ate very cheaply. And already in 1920 I saved the first salaries I received to go to Munich.
academy good interest stuck studied
I went to the Academy and studied with Stuck who was then a big man. But didn't interest me. I didn't know that before me there was Kandinsky and Klee who had also studied with Stuck. He had a good name at that time.
color perception illusion
Every perception of color is an illusion, we do not see colors as they really are. In our perception they alter one another.
color names people
If one says 'Red' – the name of color – and there are fifty people listening, it can be expected that there will be fifty reds in their minds. And one can be sure that all these reds will be very different.
motivational art color
We never really perceive what color really is, as it physically is. This fact makes color the most relative medium in art.
differences color cooking
Color is like cooking. The cook puts in more or less salt, that's the difference!
eye perception closed-eyes
I prefer to see with closed eyes.
rubies pebbles depth
Easy-to know that diamonds-are precious, Good-to learn that rubies-have depth, But more-to see that pebbles-are miraculous.
one-line lines plus
One line plus one line results in many meanings.
effort different honest
When we are honest - that's my saying - if we are honest then we will reveal ourselves. But we do not have to make an effort to be individualistic, different from others.
spring black-and-white winter
I start from experience and read. . .always between polarities - loud and not-loud, young and old, spring and winter. If I can make black and white behave together instead of shooting at each other only, I feel proud.
father glasses house
And I started with this: I have not painted at all my childhood. In fact, I never painted. But I helped my father who was a house painter and decorative painter. He made stage sets, he made glass paintings, he made everything.
eye drawing judging
Just as the unmusical ear is not competent to judge music, so it is likewise with pictures, whether they are paintings, drawings or photos. Only a sensitive and trained eye gives us the right to judge...