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Josef Albers

1888 - 1976

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Josef Albers ( AL-bərz, US also AHL-, German: [ˈjoːzɛf ˈʔalbɐs]; March 19, 1888 – March 25, 1976) 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. In 1920, Albers joined the Weimar Bauhaus as a student and became a faculty member in 1922, teaching the principles of handicrafts. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josef Albers is the 26th most popular artist (down from 23rd in 2019), the 971st most popular biography from Germany (down from 865th in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Artist.

Josef Albers is most famous for his work in the field of color theory. He was a German-born American artist and educator who is best known for his work as a pioneer of abstract art.

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Among artists, Josef Albers ranks 26 out of 125. Before him are Adolph Menzel, David Hockney, Keith Haring, Kurt Schwitters, Akira Yoshizawa, and Banksy. After him are Émile Gallé, Onfim, Edward Burne-Jones, Ai Weiwei, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Bernt Notke.

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Among people born in 1888, Josef Albers ranks 42. Before him are Richard E. Byrd, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Carin Göring, Georges Bernanos, Ossip Zadkine, and Katherine Mansfield. After him are Ernst Kretschmer, August Kubizek, Oskar Schlemmer, Ernst Heinkel, Vladimir K. Zworykin, and Max Steiner. Among people deceased in 1976, Josef Albers ranks 43. Before him are Tove Ditlevsen, Benjamin Graham, João Goulart, René Cassin, Andrei Grechko, and Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark. After him are Dalton Trumbo, George Ostrogorsky, Murtala Mohammed, Paul Lazarsfeld, Mukesh, and Yukio Goto.

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Among people born in Germany, Josef Albers ranks 971 out of 7,253. Before him are Karl Abraham (1877), Georg Elser (1903), Hans-Valentin Hube (1890), Prince Augustus William of Prussia (1722), Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (1173), and Josef Terboven (1898). After him are Julius Schreck (1898), Gottfried Semper (1803), Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1724), Prince Henry of Prussia (1862), Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1671), and Carl Gustav Hempel (1905).

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Among ARTISTS In Germany

Among artists born in Germany, Josef Albers ranks 4. Before him are Hans Holbein the Younger (1497), Joseph Beuys (1921), and Kurt Schwitters (1887). After him are Bernt Notke (1435), Méret Oppenheim (1913), John Heartfield (1891), Ulay (1943), Marianne Brandt (1893), Gunta Stölzl (1897), and Daniel Hopfer (1470).

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