Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Biography
March 19 1888- March 25 1976
*Born in Bottrop, Westphalia Germany
*German artist, mathematician, and educator
*Abstract paintings and study of color
*Studied art in Berlin, Essen, and Munich before studying at the Weimar Bauhaus before becoming a professor there
*Bauhaus was a German school that combined crafts and fine arts and would become a very influential school for modern architecture and modern design
*Began teaching preliminary courses in The Department of Design in 1922 before being promoted to professor in 1925, the same year the Bauhaus moved to Dessau
*When the Bauhaus was closed in 1933 by the Nazi's, Albers emigrated to North Carolina,USA to run the painting program at Black Mountain College, until 1949
*Some of his students at Black Mountain would include Robert Rauschenberg(abstractexpressionist,pop artist), Cy Twombly(abstract expressionist,calligraphic graffiti), and Ray Johnson(early pop artist,mail art)
*Left Black Mountain College for Yale in Connecticut where he taught until retirement in 1958
*Notable students at Yale were Richard Anuskiewicz(op artist) and Eva Hesse(post minimailist sculpture)
*His greatest masterpiece would be the publication of his book The Interaction of Color in 1963
*Began is famous series, Homage to a Square in 1949
*Known for exploring shifting color relationships between hues, values,color temperature, and saturation
*His goal was to change color harmonies, the formation of a group of colors that visually unify in some manner
*He married textile artist and fellow Bauhaus student, Anni Fleischmann in 1925 and lived with her in New Haven, Connecticut until his death in 1976
Abert and Anni(c.1949)
*Born in Bottrop, Westphalia Germany
*German artist, mathematician, and educator
*Abstract paintings and study of color
*Studied art in Berlin, Essen, and Munich before studying at the Weimar Bauhaus before becoming a professor there
*Bauhaus was a German school that combined crafts and fine arts and would become a very influential school for modern architecture and modern design
*Began teaching preliminary courses in The Department of Design in 1922 before being promoted to professor in 1925, the same year the Bauhaus moved to Dessau
*When the Bauhaus was closed in 1933 by the Nazi's, Albers emigrated to North Carolina,USA to run the painting program at Black Mountain College, until 1949
*Some of his students at Black Mountain would include Robert Rauschenberg(abstractexpressionist,pop artist), Cy Twombly(abstract expressionist,calligraphic graffiti), and Ray Johnson(early pop artist,mail art)
*Left Black Mountain College for Yale in Connecticut where he taught until retirement in 1958
*Notable students at Yale were Richard Anuskiewicz(op artist) and Eva Hesse(post minimailist sculpture)
*His greatest masterpiece would be the publication of his book The Interaction of Color in 1963
*Began is famous series, Homage to a Square in 1949
*Known for exploring shifting color relationships between hues, values,color temperature, and saturation
*His goal was to change color harmonies, the formation of a group of colors that visually unify in some manner
*He married textile artist and fellow Bauhaus student, Anni Fleischmann in 1925 and lived with her in New Haven, Connecticut until his death in 1976
Abert and Anni(c.1949)
Monday, December 1, 2008
Color Theories
Principles of Color Interaction
*Light/Dark Value Contrast
**A color will appear darker on a lighter ground,and will appear lighter on dark ground
*Complementary Reaction or Effect
**Causes simultaneous contrast.Because our eye seeks complements of any given color,for example a red will appear more saturated on green
*Subtraction
**Color subtraction is like a color equation, for instance if a yellow
orange is on an orange ground, the orange will subtract itself:YO-O=Y, causing the yellow orange to appear more yellow
*Light/Dark Value Contrast
**A color will appear darker on a lighter ground,and will appear lighter on dark ground
*Complementary Reaction or Effect
**Causes simultaneous contrast.Because our eye seeks complements of any given color,for example a red will appear more saturated on green
*Subtraction
**Color subtraction is like a color equation, for instance if a yellow
orange is on an orange ground, the orange will subtract itself:YO-O=Y, causing the yellow orange to appear more yellow
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)