frontal, 1927 (ca.) - glass - 33.495 x 46.673 cm


the museum is presenting the first exhibition devoted to josef albers during his time at the bauhaus
from 1920 to 1933, comprising 260 works of art including 58 stained-glass windows in frosted glass,
black and white or black, white and red. some stained-glass windows are on display for the first time
with their preparatory studies (38). albers’ stained-glass windows had been assembled and exhibited
fifteen years ago at the guggenheim in venice and the ivam in valencia, but many new works have
been discovered since. these include engravings (15), photographs (54), furniture and teaching
materials that albers used at the bauhaus when teaching the compulsory preparatory class for all
pupils (40 photographs and creations), rounded off with often previously unseen documents,
catalogues and letters. in order to understand the context of the bauhaus school, part of the exhibition
presents works by his wife anni (considered to be one of the leading textile artists of last century) and
by his friends and colleagues at the bauhaus, especially paul klee, wassily kandinsky and marcel breuer.
although he was one of the most influential colour theorists of the 20th century, albers is most famous
for his later series of paintings called 'homages to the square', which he began in 1948 in infinite ranges
of pure colour, setting out the principles of optic art. the homages to the square are on display in
museums all over the world.


goldrosa - upward, 1926 (ca.) - glass - 43.18 x 29.845 cm


goldrosa - upward (structure in red), 1926 (ca.) - glass - 45.085 x 32.385 cm


bowers, 1929 (ca.) - glass - 33.655 x 44.45 cm

all images © the josef and anni albers foundation / artists rights society (ARS), new york

albersfoundation:  http://www.albersfoundation.org
musée matisse: wikipedia page