biografia di Josef ALBERS (1888-1976)

Personal data


Birth : 03/19/1888 - Bottrop, Germany
Death : 03/25/1976 - New Haven CT Connecticut, United States
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States

Family relations

Husband of Anni ALBERS [ 1899-1994 ]

Representatives

Waddington Galleries – 11 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom


Education

1913 – 1915 : Königlichen Kunstschule – Berlin, Germany
1920 : Bauhaus – Weimar, Germany

Professional data


Work and Life

1939:Becomes a United States citizen
1935:First of many trips to Mexico


Other professions

1920 – 1933 : Professor
Bauhaus – Weimar, Germany

1933 – 1949 : Professor
Black Mountain College – Asheville NC, United States

1950 – 1958 : Director
Departement of Design – Yale University School of Art – New Haven CT, United States

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting :

Movements and styles

Abstraction
Bauhaus
Abstraction/Creation
American Abstraction 1910-1960
Concrete Art
American Modernists

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2003

Homage to Color
Pacewildenstein – New York NY, United States
05/09/2003 – 06/14/2003

2002

Josef Albers
Múzeum Milana Dobesa Bratislava – Bratislava, Slovakia
06/13/2002 – 09/15/2002

1995

Josef Albers
Andre Emmerich Gallery – New York NY, United States
04/27/1995 – 06/02/1995

1971

Retrsopective
The Metropolitan Museum of Art – New York NY, United States
1971

1936

New Art Circle – New York NY, United States
1936

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2007

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Galerie Karsten Greve – 5 rue Debelleyme – Paris, France

2006

Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Waddington Galleries – 11 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom

2004

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Galerie Karsten Greve – 5 rue Debelleyme – Paris, France

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galerie Denise René – 196, boulevard Saint-Germain – Paris, France

2003

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Gemini G.E.L. LLC – 8365 Melrose Avenue – Los Angeles CA, United States

Art Cologne, n° 37
Cologne, Germany
10/29/2003 – 11/02/2003
Represented by : M-Fotografie Bochum – Schlossstr. 1a-Haus Weitmar – Bochum, Germany

FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Galerie Am See – Seestrasse 15 – Zoug ZG, Switzerland

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Alan Cristea Gallery – 31 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom

Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Alan Cristea Gallery – 31 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom

2002

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Galerie Bernard Cats – 15 rue Ernest Allard – Brussels, Belgium

FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : Galerie Denise René – 196, boulevard Saint-Germain – Paris, France

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Bernard Cats – 15 rue Ernest Allard – Brussels, Belgium

Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 14
Frankfurt, Germany
05/26/2002 – 05/30/2002
Represented by : Vismara Arte – Piazza San Marco 1 – Milan MI, Italy

AIPAD Photography Show
Americas Hall – New York NY, United States
02/15/2002 – 02/17/2002
Represented by : Deborah Bell Gallery – 511 West 25th Street – New York NY, United States

2001

Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Galerie Hans Mayer – Grabbeplatz 2 – Düsseldorf, Germany

FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Helly Nahmad Gallery – 2 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Bernard Cats – 15 rue Ernest Allard – Brussels, Belgium

KUNSTKÖLN 2001 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Rheinhallen – Cologne, Germany
03/29/2001 – 04/01/2001
Represented by : Deborah Bell Gallery – 511 West 25th Street – New York NY, United States

AIPAD Photography Show
New York NY, United States
02/16/2001 – 02/18/2001
Represented by : Deborah Bell Gallery – 511 West 25th Street – New York NY, United States

Photo L.A The 10th Los Angeles Photographic Print Exposition
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium – Santa Monica CA, United States
01/18/2001 – 01/21/2001
Represented by : Deborah Bell Gallery – 511 West 25th Street – New York NY, United States

Artpalmbeach – 4th Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
01/10/2001 – 01/15/2001
Represented by : Waddington Galleries – 11 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom

2000

ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 7
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
10/05/2000 – 10/08/2000
Represented by : Tornabuoni Arte – Tornabuoni Arte Via Fatebenefratelli 36 – Milan MI, Italy

Photo San Francisco, n° 1
Fort Mason – San Francisco CA, United States
07/27/2000 – 07/30/2000
Represented by : Deborah Bell Gallery – 511 West 25th Street – New York NY, United States

KUNSTKÖLN 2000 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Messegelände Köln-Deutz – Cologne, Germany
04/01/2000 – 04/09/2000
Represented by : Brooke Alexander – 2nd Floor 59 Wooster Street – New York NY, United States

photo L.A. 2000 – 9th Los Angeles Photographic Print Exposition
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium – Santa Monica CA, United States
01/20/2000 – 01/23/2000
Represented by : Deborah Bell Gallery – 511 West 25th Street – New York NY, United States

ART2000 – The 12th London Contemporary Art Fair
London, United Kingdom
01/19/2000 – 01/23/2000
Represented by : Alan Cristea Gallery – 31 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom

1999

Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Galerie Karsten Greve – Drususgasse 1-5 – Cologne, Germany

Artpalmbeach – Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
03/10/1999 – 03/15/1999
Represented by : Galleria Dante Vecchiato – Piazetta S. Nicolo 1 – Padua PD, Italy


Group exhibitions

2003

That 70s Print Show
Susan Sheehan Gallery – New York NY, United States
10/17/2003 – 12/13/2003

The Daimler Chrysler Collection: 100 artists out of more than 60 years
Museum für Neue Kunst – Karlsruhe, Germany
05/24/2003 – 08/31/2003

2002

Josef Albers – Bauhaus 1919-1933 et Paris
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
05/15/2002 – 08/26/2002

Iconoclash: Beyond the Image Wars in Sciences, Religion and Art
ZKM – Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe – Karlsruhe, Germany
05/04/2002 – 08/04/2002

15 variations sur un même thème
Espace de l’Art Concret – Mouans-Sartoux, France
03/23/2002 – 06/16/2002

Albers, Judd, Lewitt, Marden, McCollum, Sandback, Wheelock
Barbara Krakow Gallery – Boston MA, United States
03/16/2002 – 04/24/2002

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