Joseph Albers

Joseph Albers was a German-American painter and graphic artist who used color and geometric shapes in his art. He studied art in Germany from 1920-1923 at the Bauhaus laboratory. Albers left Germany in 1933 because of the Hitler government, and went to North Carolina to teach art. Then in 1950 he moved to Yale University to teach art. In his own art, Albers emphasized geometric shapes of strong, flat color. The way he mixed his colors emphasized the optical effects in objects. This can be seen in his famous experimental series "Homage to the Square" series. Albers worked on using forms to illustrate how changes in placement, shape, and light relate to changes in color. His work influenced to Op Art and minimal art of the 1960s.

"Homage to the Square", 1962