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Paintings from the series like Homage to the Square: Apparition (1959) and Study for Homage to the Square: Departing in Yellow (1964) are based on a compositional scheme of squares in different colors and arrangements.
- German
- March 19, 1888
- Bottrop, Germany
- March 25, 1976
Oct 12, 2022 · 'Sunny Side Up' is the heartening wintertime exhibition of Josef Albers' works in yellow, on until March at David Zwirner Gallery in Mayfair, London.
Nov 1, 2023 · Josef Albers’ acclaimed body of work “Homage to the Square” is regarded today as one of the most iconic series of twentieth-century art, and Homage to the Square: Yellow Resonance from 1957 is a superlative example.
View Josef Albers’s 4,891 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. See available prints and multiples, paintings, and works on paper for sale and learn about the artist.
- American/German
With Rays is one painting from the Homage to the Square series (see also Homage to the Square: Soft Spoken, MMA 1972.40.7). Its color composition is comprised of an inner square of dull gray and three surrounding squares in varying tones of yellow.
On this square-shaped canvas, Josef Albers painted four overlapping squares of increasing size in corresponding yellow hues. From 1950 until his death in 1976, Albers made over 1,000 paintings in his "Homage to the Square" series.
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Josef Albers ( / ˈælbərz, ˈɑːl -/; German: [ˈalbɐs]; March 19, 1888 – March 25, 1976) was a German-born American artist and educator who is considered one of the most influential 20th-century art teachers in the United States.
