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Oral history interview with Josef Albers

Interviewee:
Albers, Josef  Search this
Interviewer:
Fesci, Sevim  Search this
Names:
Bauhaus  Search this
Heckel, Erich, 1883-1970  Search this
Itten, Johannes, 1888-1967  Search this
Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig, 1880-1938  Search this
Schmidt-Rottluff, Karl, 1884-1976  Search this
Stuck, Franz, Ritter von, 1863-1928  Search this
Extent:
24 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
1968 June 22-July 5
Scope and Contents:
An interview of Josef Albers conducted 1968 June 22-July 5, by Sevim Fesci, for the Archives of American Art.
This interview was conducted in New Haven, Connecticut. Albers speaks of his childhood in the industrial area of Westphalia, Germany; his father's influence as a house painter and set designer; his young interest in technical toys; his educational history, beginning at the Royal Art School, an art teacher prep school; his education in art history in conjunction with fine arts; his brief experience teaching in public schools; his time studying at the Applied Art School in Essen while living and teaching in Berlin; and the beginning of professional career after having passed his exam in Berlin in 1915.
He discusses the influence of the European movements/artists, Die Brucke; Schmidt-Rottluff, Heckel, and Kirchner; his move to Munich and time spent working with Stuck (the teacher of Kandinsky and Klee); his eventual shift to the Bauhaus working in collage and stained glass under Itten; his refusal to do the traditional apprenticeship at the Bauhaus and surprising success with stained glass while striking out on his own; his initial experiments while working in the new studio for stained glass at the Bauhaus with frosting (a.k.a. thermometer style); his move from collage to montage; his disbelief in the use of past art as a source for current art; his distaste for the concept of art as self-expression; his use of repetitive forms in his painting as a method of "solving the problem;" his belief that the spectator makes the vision of the artist more lively; his belief that he teaches philosophy (how to see) not technique (how to paint); the fine line between influencing students and creating disciples; color as the most relative medium in art and a study of ourselves; his use of squares (the most man-made form), beginning in 1949; the role of art in society to reveal visually the attitude of our mentality; and his belief as to the future of art as being a further consideration of order.
Biographical / Historical:
Josef Albers (1888-1976) was a painter and educator in New Haven, Connecticut.
General:
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 11 min.
Provenance:
This interview is part of the Archives' Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
Restrictions:
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
Occupation:
Art teachers -- Connecticut -- New Haven -- Interviews  Search this
Collagists  Search this
Stained glass artists  Search this
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
Die Brücke (Dresden)  Search this
Painters -- Connecticut -- New Haven -- Interviews  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.albersj68
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9df07b806-7f25-4144-b4d2-8d490d11428b
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-albersj68
Online Media:

Erich Heckel, Holzschnitte : aus dem Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Kunsthalle Karlsruhe : Ausstellung 6. Dezember 1997 bis 1. März 1998 / Susanne Richter

Author:
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe Kupferstichkabinett  Search this
Heckel, Erich 1883-1970  Search this
Richter, Susanne  Search this
Subject:
Heckel, Erich 1883-1970  Search this
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe Kupferstichkabinett  Search this
Physical description:
96 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Germany
Karlsruhe
Date:
1997
[1997]
Topic:
Wood-engraving  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_611117

Female Nude [drawing] / (photographed by Walter Rosenblum)

Artist:
Heckel, Erich 1883-1970  Search this
Photographer:
Rosenblum, Walter 1919-2006  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Topic:
New Gallery  Search this
Figure female--Full length--Nude  Search this
Image number:
ROS R0004533
See more items in:
Photograph Study Collection
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_133969

Seated Female Nude [drawing] / (photographed by Walter Rosenblum)

Artist:
Heckel, Erich 1883-1970  Search this
Photographer:
Rosenblum, Walter 1919-2006  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1914
Topic:
New Gallery  Search this
Figure female--Nude  Search this
Image number:
ROS R0004534
See more items in:
Photograph Study Collection
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_133970

Portrait of a Woman [drawing] / (photographed by Walter Rosenblum)

Artist:
Heckel, Erich 1883-1970  Search this
Photographer:
Rosenblum, Walter 1919-2006  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Topic:
New Gallery  Search this
Figure female--Waist length  Search this
Image number:
ROS R0004538
See more items in:
Photograph Study Collection
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_133974

Erich Heckel : Druckgraphik : Ausstellung aus Anlass des achtzigsten Geburtstages am 31. Juli 1963 [17. Juli bis November 1963]

Author:
Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz Kupferstichkabinett  Search this
Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz  Search this
Subject:
Heckel, Erich 1883-1970  Search this
Physical description:
[12] p. ill., port. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1963
Call number:
N40.1.H45y B5
N40.1.H45yB5
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_90485

Erich Heckel, 1883-1970; Gemälde, Aquarelle, Graphik, Jahresblätter, Gemalte Postkarten und Briefe aus dem Besitz des Museums. [Ausstellung] 7. März bis 23 April 1973, Altonaer Museum in Hamburg

Author:
Heckel, Erich 1883-1970  Search this
Altonaer Museum für Landschaft, Volkstum und Seefischerei  Search this
Physical description:
112 p. illus., (part col.) 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1973
1973]
Call number:
N40.1.H45 H19
N6888.H36 K58X
N40.1.H45H19
N6888.H36K58X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_41573

Meisterwerke des deutschen Expressionismus

Author:
Busch, Günter  Search this
Subject:
Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig 1880-1938  Search this
Heckel, Erich 1883-1970  Search this
Schmidt-Rottluff, Karl 1884-1976  Search this
Pechstein, Max 1881-1955  Search this
Mueller, Otto 1874-1930  Search this
Physical description:
[66] p. illus., col. plates. 27 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1970
1970?]
Call number:
N6868.5.E9 M4X
N6868.5.E9M4X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_47120

Ausstellung Erich Heckel: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen

Author:
R.N. Ketterer (Firm)  Search this
Subject:
Heckel, Erich 1883-1970  Search this
Physical description:
175 p. 193 illus. (part col., part fold.), port., facsim. 27 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Date:
1966
[1966]
Call number:
N40.1.H45 K4
N40.1.H45K4
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_47403

The influence of Walt Whitman on the German expressionist artists Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Erich Heckel, Max Pechstein and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner / by Dayna Lynn Sadow

Author:
Sadow, Dayna Lynn  Search this
Subject:
Whitman, Walt 1819-1892 Influence  Search this
Schmidt-Rottluff, Karl 1884-1976  Search this
Heckel, Erich 1883-1970  Search this
Pechstein, Max 1881-1955  Search this
Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig 1880-1938  Search this
Brücke (Artists' group)  Search this
Physical description:
vi, 61 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm
Type:
Manuscripts
Place:
Germany
Date:
1994
Topic:
Expressionism (Art)  Search this
Call number:
CT275.W59 S12 1994a
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_493212

Encounters with the image of the black : the German and French avant-garde (1905-1920) / Christian Weikop

Author:
Weikop, Christian  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig 1880-1938  Search this
Heckel, Erich 1883-1970  Search this
Brücke (Artists' group)  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Germany
Date:
2014
20th century
Topic:
Expressionism (Art)  Search this
Art, German--African influences  Search this
Sculpture, African--Influence  Search this
Primitivism in art  Search this
Call number:
N8232 .I46 2010
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1034826

Das Thema Landschaft im Werk von Erich Heckel und Ernst Ludwig Kirchner / Texte von Wolfgang Henze

Author:
Henze, Wolfgang 1944-  Search this
Heckel, Erich 1883-1970  Search this
Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig 1880-1938  Search this
Subject:
Heckel, Erich 1883-1970  Search this
Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig 1880-1938  Search this
Physical description:
64 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 27 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Date:
1987
Topic:
Landscapes in art  Search this
Call number:
N6888.H36 A4 1987
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_650570

The prints of Erich Heckel : from the Los Angeles County Museum of art, the Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies : June 7-August 22, 1984

Author:
Heckel, Erich 1883-1970  Search this
Haxthausen, Charles Werner  Search this
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies  Search this
Subject:
Heckel, Erich 1883-1970  Search this
Physical description:
22 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Date:
1984
[1984]
Call number:
NE654.H4 A4 1984
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_639097

Erich Heckel : Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik

Author:
Heckel, Erich 1883-1970  Search this
Galleria Henze  Search this
Subject:
Heckel, Erich 1883-1970  Search this
Physical description:
64 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Date:
1983
C1983
Call number:
N6888.H36 A4 1983
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_642533

Erich Heckel; Gemälde, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen im Besitz der Staatlichen Kunsthalle, von Johann Eckart von Borries

Author:
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe  Search this
Borries, Johann Eckart von  Search this
Subject:
Heckel, Erich 1883-1970  Search this
Physical description:
64 p. illus. (part col.) 21 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1968
Call number:
N40.1.H45 K18
N40.1.H45K18
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_130960

Erich Heckel, 1883-1970 : Aquarelle und Zeichnungen aus Norddeutschland : [Ausstellung] 27. Oktober 1970 - 21. Februar 1971

Author:
Altonaer Museum in Hamburg  Search this
Hülsen, Dorothy V  Search this
Subject:
Heckel, Erich 1883-1970  Search this
Physical description:
45 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1970
[1970?]
Call number:
N40.1.H45 A4
N40.1.H45A4
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_120846

Erich Heckel, vierzig Bilder, Aquarelle und Handzeichnungen

Author:
Heckel, Erich 1883-1970  Search this
Galerie Günther Franke  Search this
Subject:
Heckel, Erich 1883-1970  Search this
Physical description:
[20] p. : chiefly ill. ; 30 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Date:
1973
[1973]
Call number:
ND588.H42 A4 1973
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_636006

Erich Heckel : Aquarelle von 1917 bis 1962

Author:
Heckel, Erich 1883-1970  Search this
Galerie Henze & Ketterer  Search this
Subject:
Heckel, Erich 1883-1970  Search this
Physical description:
53 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Date:
2007
C2007
Call number:
ND1954.H43 A4 2007
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_939472

Erich Heckel, 1883-1970 : Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik : Ausstellung zum 100. Geburtstag : 17. November 1982 bis 29. Januar 1983 : Graphisches Kabinett Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner KG

Author:
Heckel, Erich 1883-1970  Search this
Graphisches Kabinett Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner  Search this
Subject:
Heckel, Erich 1883-1970  Search this
Physical description:
[48] p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Date:
1983
[1983?]
Call number:
N40.1.H45 G7
N40.1.H45G7
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_202811

Der Blick auf Fränzi und Marcella : zwei Modelle der Brücke-Künstler Heckel, Kirchner und Pechstein / herausgegeben von Norbert Nobis

Author:
Nobis, Norbert  Search this
Sprengel Museum Hannover  Search this
Stiftung Moritzburg, Kunstmuseum des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt  Search this
Subject:
Heckel, Erich 1883-1970  Search this
Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig 1880-1938  Search this
Pechstein, Max 1881-1955  Search this
Brücke (Artists' group)  Search this
Physical description:
160 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Date:
2010
C2010
20th century
Topic:
Art, German  Search this
Artists and models in art  Search this
Call number:
N6868.5.E9 B56 2010
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_965189

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