

Josef Albers was born in 1888 in Germany and he died in the year 1976 in New Haven, USA.
Painter and art educator, Josef Albers taught at the Bauhaus from 1923 to 1933.
He is considered to be one of the initiators of optical art, or Op art, and his "Interaction of colors"
as a classic in visual arts education.
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Josef Albers was born in 1888 in Germany and he died in the year 1976 in New Haven, USA.
Painter and art educator, Josef Albers taught at the Bauhaus from 1923 to 1933.
He is considered to be one of the initiators of optical art, or Op art, and his "Interaction of colors"
as a classic in visual arts education.
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