Thursday, August 27, 2009

Josef Albers, Red and White, 1923 and the Golden Rectangle

Golden Rectangle
Josef Albers (1888 - 1976) was a German-born American artist (geometric abstraction) and educator whose work, both in Europe and in the United States, formed the basis of some of the most influential and far-reaching art education programs of the 20th century.

Red and White. Stained-glass window (destroyed) in antechamber of director's office executed by Albers for the first Bauhaus Exhibition Weimar, 1923.

Click the figure below to see the interactive illustration of Red and White, 1923.


Red and White by Josef Albers and Golden Rectangle.
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