Josef Albers (1888-1976)
Josef Albers was an artist-teacher who explored color relationships. Born in Germany, he taught art and design at an important art school in Germany called the Bauhaus. There he also began his career as an experimental artist. He was very interested in color theory and composition. He immigrated to the United States in the 1930s.

Albers wanted people to understand his approach to art, so he often made notes on the back of the painting to document the paints and varnishes as well as the spatial proportions and the mathematical schemes he had used to create it.

Examples of Josef Albers' works may be found at: National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

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