Representative work by Anni Albers
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Artist

Anni Albers

1899–1994 · German-born American · Based in Orange, Connecticut, USA (d. 1994)

  • Bauhaus
  • Pictorial Weaving
  • Textile Design
  • Printmaking
  • Bauhaus Master

Anni Albers studied weaving at the Bauhaus, where she turned constraints placed on women students into a radical investigation of structure, material and pattern. After emigrating to the United States she taught at Black Mountain College, designed textiles, wrote influential essays and later shifted much of her practice toward printmaking.

Textile; weaving; printmaking; design; writing

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Major Works

  • 1926Wall Hanging
  • 1926Black White Yellow
  • 1925Design for Smyrna Rug
  • 1936Ancient Writing
  • 1946With Verticals
  • 1952Development in Rose I
  • 1966–67Six Prayers
  • 1954Red Meander
  • 1970TR III
  • 1926Study for Unexecuted Wallhanging

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