Anni Albers

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Anni Albers was a pioneering German-born textile artist and printmaker associated with the Bauhaus and later Black Mountain College, renowned for elevating weaving to a form of modernist fine art.

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instanceOf Bauhaus artist
human
modernist artist
printmaker
textile artist
awardReceived American Institute of Architects Gold Medal for Craftsmanship
birthName Annelise Else Frieda Fleischmann
countryOfCitizenship Germany
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1899-06-12
dateOfDeath 1994-05-09
educatedAt Bauhaus
employer Black Mountain College
ethnicGroup Jewish
familyName Albers
linked to: Josef Albers
fieldOfWork printmaking
textile art
weaving
genre abstract art
geometric abstraction
givenName Annelise
influenced contemporary textile artists
fiber art movement
influencedBy Johannes Itten
Paul Klee
knownFor elevating weaving to the status of fine art
innovative textile design
pioneering modernist weaving
languageOfWorkOrName English
German
memberOf faculty of Black Mountain College
movement Bauhaus
Modernism
name Anni Albers
notablePublication On Designing
On Weaving
notableWork Fox I (1972)
Knot (1947)
Red Meander (1954)
Six Prayers (1966–1967)
Wallhanging (1926)
occupation artist
designer
teacher
placeOfBirth Berlin, Germany
linked to: Berlin
placeOfDeath Orange, Connecticut, United States
linked to: Orange, Connecticut
sexOrGender female
spouse Josef Albers
workLocation Black Mountain, North Carolina, United States
Dessau, Germany
linked to: Dessau

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Paul Klee influenced Anni Albers
Josef Albers spouse Anni Albers
Bauhaus movement notableMember Anni Albers
Anni Albers name Anni Albers
Black Mountain College hadFaculty Anni Albers