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Copyright estate of the artist | | | Albers, Josef (1888 - 1976) Germany / USA
Study for Homage to the Square: Blond Autumn, 1964
Oil on masonite; 81.3 x 81.3 cm Abstraction After WWII
UID 102-9
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Biography
German-American painter and Professor of History of Art. Between 1913 and 1915, he studied at the Berlin Academy, between 1916 and 1920 at the Essen School of Arts and Crafts and the Munich Academy. From 1919 to 1920, he continued his training at the Bauhaus in Weimar, where he taught preliminary courses as from 1922. In 1925, he was made Bauhausmeister. In 1933, he emigrated to the United States where he stayed until 1949, continuing his teaching career at various American universities and institutes. In 1955, he took part in documenta 1 in Kassel and, in 1963, wrote Interaction of Colour. He was interested in geometrical painting, becoming well-known after 1950 through his compositions with squares entitled Homage to the Square. He can be considered one of the precursors of Op and Minimal Art.
Exhibitions
Here and Now: On Minimal Art in The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 18-10-2003 ~ 22-02-2004
Building/Unbuilding/Inhabit - works of The Berardo Collection Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal 29-04-2005 ~ 15-01-2006
The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 17-05-1997 ~ 31-08-1997
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999 Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal 27-01-2000 ~ 27-08-2000
Durante o Fim - Rui Chafes Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 15-10-2000 ~ 14-01-2001
Arte Cinética / Arte Op na Colecção Berardo Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 29-09-2001 ~ 31-10-2001
Malevich e o Cinema Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal 17-05-2002 ~ 18-08-2002
Malevich y el Cine Fundación "la Caixa", Spain 12-11-2002 ~ 12-01-2003
Uma Escolha numa Colecção Particular Galeria Valentim de Carvalho, Portugal 08-07-1993 ~ 28-07-1993
Nova Apresentação da Colecção Berardo Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 08-11-1999 ~ 01-03-2000
Berardo Museum Opening Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 25-06-2007 ~ 09-09-2007
De Miró à Warhol. La Collection Berardo à Paris Musée du Luxembourg, France 16-10-2008 ~ 22-02-2009
Fragmentos Arte Contemporânea na Colecção Berardo MACE, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas, Portugal 24-09-2010 ~ 23-01-2011
Bibliography
Here and Now: On Minimal Art in The Berardo Collection, 2003 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 972990300X
Christie's, Contemporary Art, 1993 Published by Christie's
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999, 2000 Published by CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém ISBN 972817652X
The Berardo Collection – Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 1996 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729739105
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