{"product_id":"josef-albers-9780500519103","title":"Josef Albers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first full-scale biography of one of the 20th-century's great makers, theorists and painters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Lively, lucid, compelling and revealing, offering fascinating insights into Albers – as artist and teacher – while convincingly reframing his place at the heart of modernism on both sides of the Atlantic' - Frances Morris, Director of Tate Modern\u003cbr\u003e'Darwent is a highly engaging writer on the visual arts. … Albers lived through a remarkable period, mixing with some extraordinary people' - The Spectator\u003cbr\u003e'A revealing read, leading to a deeper understanding of Albers's life and his impact on the landscape of art' - Arts Society Magazine\u003cbr\u003e'Carefully researched and engagingly written … fascinating … beautifully designed' - The Art Newspaper\u003cbr\u003e'Darwent is a thorough chronicler of this long and complex life, and it is in the moments of critical insight that his text soars' - Crafts magazine\u003cbr\u003e'Charles Darwent examines not just Albers’s artwork … but how he became probably the most important art teacher of the century' - Sunday Times, Art Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003e'Charles Darwent’s biography gives the German-born American artist and teacher his due [and] makes a strong case for an artist who was not as recognized as fellow Bauhaus teachers … A gruff yet caring teacher, a ladies’ man and a daily Mass-going Catholic, both jealous of and generous with his peers, Albers steps convincingly from these pages' - The Washington Post\u003cbr\u003e'A sedulously researched and urgent guide to its subject’s art, his vexed professional life and his somewhat ummoving personality' - Literary Review\u003cbr\u003e'Casts new light on the man whose art wasn’t valued highly until he was in his seventies … provides a sense of Albers’ tremendous imaginative stamina: his ideas remained cutting-edge for six decades' - Financial Times\u003cbr\u003e'Drawing on previously untapped archival sources, in addition to five years spent at the Albers Foundation, Darwent has assembled a wealth of historical material … a lean and cohesive narrative that is a pleasure to read' - The Burlington Magazine\u003cbr\u003e'Brings Albers to life' - Country Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Homages to the Square • 2. Am Anfang • 3. Berlin and Munich • 4. Weimar • 5. Dessau and Berlin • 6. Black Mountain College • 7. Yale • 8. Beginnings and Ends","brand":"Thames \u0026 Hudson Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402774356311,"sku":"9780500519103","price":21.21,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780500519103.jpg?v=1730481475","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/josef-albers-9780500519103","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}