Josef Albers, Oscillating (A), 1940, © The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2013. Download Courtesy Josef Albers Museum Quadrat, Bottrop. The oil painting is a new acquisition.
Josef and Anni Albers in Mexico.
Josef Albers emigrated to the United States in 1933, together with his wife Anni, a textile designer, where they spent teaching sixteen years at the Black Mountain College. 1935 they travelled to Mexico for the first time. The impression was overwhelming, especially the encounter with precolumbian art. Until 1967 they visited Mexico twelve times, often long stay holidays. “Mexico is the holy grail of abstract art. Here it is 1000 years old”, so he writes to Kandinsky in 1936 from Mexico City
The country is a central inspiration for the development of his art. It is the initial impulse for “Homage to the square”, the work of his later years. His world of colors was changing through the mexican experience. Color is now a “realm of freedom” to him. Read more in German.
Design is fine. History is mine. 