Josef Albers
Where was Josef Albers born?
Bottrop, Germany
Although he found simple beauty in America, where was it that Josef began to have colors capture his eye?
Mexico
Several different images combined together to create a new image
Collage
How did Natasha Wing know Josef Albers?
He was her neighbor
In 1971 Josef Albers was the first living artist to...
be the subject of a solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
When was Josef Albers Born?
March 19, 1888
His first series of abstract paintings were different colored ______________________.
Rectangles
A piece of cloth used by artists as a surface to paint on
Canvas
What did the author paint that Josef Albers thought was "good" .
A deer lying on the clearing by the woods.
What is a dry, crushed substance, which when added to liquid makes colored paint?
Pigment
What was Josef's career in his early 20s?
Primary School Teacher, Later Art Teacher
When the colors were changed, the ___________ of the paintings were changed.
mood
Something that fools the eye by appearing to be different than it really is
Optical Illusion
What did the author and her sister use to spell out "hi" for their neighbor, Josef Albers?
Pinecones
The only colors you cannot make by mixing other colors are
Red, Yellow and Blue- They are primary colors
At what age did Josef enter the Bauhaus, a school of design in Germany?
32
Josef picked the purest of colors? How did he do this?
Paint was straight from the tube, no mixing
Brightness or Dullness of a color
Intensity
How did the author know Josef Albers' Christmas Card was special?
Her mother framed it
Orange, Green and Violet are each
Secondary Colors, made from mixing two primary colors
What year did Josef start his study of color?
1949
He was 61 years old
With each painting, he proved that colors don't stand alone they ________________________
Interact!
The ghost of an object a person stares at. It takes on the complementary color of the real object
Afterimage
In art galleries
Who was the illustrator of this book?
Julia Breckenreid