The Patterns That Anni Albers Used for Her Art Work
Iconic Bauhaus Creative person Anni Albers
It's more than likely you've heard of the German art school and design movement, Bauhaus. Perhaps the most prolific artist from this movement was Anni Albers. She worked in multiple mediums but is well-nigh well known for her spectacular work in textiles. She was a pioneer for women in the arts and is still featured in many exhibitions today, nearly 15 years afterward her passing.
Anni Albers and the Bauhaus
Anni Albers was built-in in Berlin, Germany (while it was still the German Empire) in 1899, every bit Annelise Elsa Frieda Fleischmann. As a young woman, she loved art and painting. At the time, especially in Germany, students at art schools endured harsh living conditions and many challenges. Despite this, Anni decided to pursue her passion and attend the Kunstgewerbeschule in Hamburg for ii months, and so the Bauhaus at Weimar for the rest of her studies.
A young Anni Albers.
At the Bauhaus at the time, women were forbidden to enter sure areas of study.
Y'all tin read more virtually that in our post: Bauhaus Weaving Workshops: The History and its Women of 1919-1933.
During her 2nd year at the schoolhouse, she was refused admission to a drinking glass workshop with Josef Albers, who would later go her husband. With few other options, Anni reluctantly began to study weaving. Initially, she was unhappy with her study. Still, her instructor Günta Stolzl encouraged and challenged her in the craft, and she began to develop a love for weaving. Her signature weaving style of geometric designs began to develop.
Anni Albers Weaving at Bauhaus
Upon the Bauhaus' move to Dessau in 1926, Anni'due south work evolved to production of utilitarian, rather than merely cute, pieces. She was becoming more well known and competent in her work, and received contracts to create wall hangings, and some of her original designs were published. She worked under iconic artist Paul Klee for a fourth dimension up until her graduation from the Bauhaus in 1930. She was awarded for developing the use of cellophane, at the fourth dimension a new material, to create a light-reflecting, audio-absorbing wall hanging.
Textile created past Anni Albers from cellophane.
Anni took over for her teacher, Günta Stolzl, in 1931 as caput of the weaving workshop. Stolzl and Albers were two of very few women to ever hold a senior office at the Bauhaus. She continued this position until the Bauhaus was permanently closed by the Nazi party in August 1933. At this time, the Jewish Albers and her hubby fled to the United States.
A geometric weaving by Anni Albers.
Anni Albers' Career and Legacy
Upon her arrival in North Carolina, Albers served as an assistant art professor at Black Mount College, aslope her husband. Her work was incredibly popular and was shown throughout the state. She was officially granted American citizenship in 1937, and her work continued to gain notoriety. Albers taught at Black Mountain College through 1949, when she and her hubby moved to their concluding home in Connecticut and she prepare a studio to piece of work on her own fine art full time. It was this same year that she became the first textile artist to have a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC.
Detail of "Urban center," woven past Anni Albers in 1949.
Throughout the residuum of her life, Albers was defended to her textile fine art and continued to create amazing artworks. She was incredibly successful, being commissioned to produce textiles for Harvard University, and had her art shown in solo exhibitions beyond the United States and Canada. In 1975 and so 1989, her work was shown in Frg, and after this began to spread worldwide. She was granted multiple awards and published in multiple books. Fifty-fifty after her passing in 1994, her work continues to exist shown all beyond the world and her legacy lives on.
A colorful, abstract weaving past Anni Albers.
Here are some beautiful material art pieces from the Nazmiyal Collection:
Antiquarian Persian Mazandaran Kilim Blanket
Antiquarian Greek Embroidery
Vintage Scandinavian Verner Panton "Mira Spectrum" Textile
Vintage Swedish Tapestry Carpet
Black And Cream Flat Woven Vintage French Art Deco Rug
This art web log about cloth artist Anni Albers was published by Nazmiyal Antique Rugs.
Source: https://nazmiyalantiquerugs.com/blog/bauhaus-textile-artist-anni-albers/
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