“An artist must possess Nature. He must identify with its rhythm through his efforts. He will gain the mastery with which he can then express himself in his own language.”
— Josef Albers
Josef Albers (1888–1979) was a German artist. He left a teaching position to become a student at the Bauhaus at the age of 32, later becoming a master there. He was interested in the study of materials, both in their appearance and in how they are represented, by creating unprecedented design objects. His abstract compositions with simple geometric shapes are a study of perspective through the lens of color and the relationships between colors. Josef Albers placed perception at the heart of his creative process. His study of the superimposition of colors is illustrated in the series Homage to the Square. Repetitive in form, it is nonetheless extremely diverse in its use of color.
