What is Josef Albers?
{{Infobox artist | bgcolour = | name = Josef Albers | image =Josef Albers drawing.jpg | image_size = | caption = photo of Josef Albers, 1950 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date |1888|3|19}} | birth_place = [[Bottrop]], [[Westphalia]] [[Germany]] | death_date = {{death date and age |1976|3|25|1888|3|19}} | death_place = | nationality = German-American | field = [[Abstract art|Abstract Painting]], <br />Study of Color | training = | movement = [[Geometric abstraction]] | works = | patrons = | awards = }} '''Josef Albers''' (March 19, 1888 – March 25, 1976) was a [[Germany|German]]-born [[United States|American]] artist and educator.<ref>{{Cite news | title = Josef Albers, artist and teacher, dies | newspaper = New York Times | page = 33 | date = 26 March 1976 | url = http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00816FD3558167493C4AB1788D85F428785F9 | accessdate = 2008-03-21 }}</ref> His work in Europe and the United States was highly influential and far-reaching. His ideas formed the basis of many art education programs in the 20th century. ==Life== Albers was born in [[Bottrop]], [[Westphalia]], [[Germany]]. He studied art in [[Berlin]], [[Essen, Germany|Essen]], and [[Munich]], before enrolling as a student at the prestigious [[Weimar]] [[Bauhaus]] in 1920. He began teaching in the preliminary course of the Department of Design in 1922, and was promoted to Professor in 1925, the year the Bauhaus moved to [[Dessau]]. His work at this time included designing [[furniture]] and working with [[glass]]. With the closure of the Bauhaus under [[Nazism|Nazi]] pressure in 1933, Albers emigrated to the United States. In 1950 Albers was appointed head of the Department of Design at [[Yale University]]. In 1963 he published ''Interaction of color'' which presented his theory that colors were governed by an internal and deceptive logic.<ref>Albers, Josef 1975. ''Interaction of color''. New Haven: Yale Universit