![]() ![]() ![]() From 1916 to 1919 he began his work as a printmaker at the Kunstgewerbschule in Essen, where he learnt stained-glass making with Dutch artist Johan Thorn Prikker. He worked from 1908 to 1913 as a schoolteacher in his home town he also trained as an art teacher at Königliche Kunstschule in Berlin, Germany, from 1913 to 1915. His childhood included practical training in engraving glass, plumbing, and wiring, giving Josef versatility and lifelong confidence in the handling and manipulation of diverse materials. ![]() His mother came from a family of blacksmiths. His father, Lorenzo Albers, was variously a housepainter, carpenter, and handyman. 1944) German years Formative years in Westphalia Īlbers was born into a Roman Catholic family of craftsmen in Bottrop, Westphalia, Germany in 1888. Josef Albers, Rosa mystica ora pro nobis, 1918 (reconstruction, original destroyed c. ![]()
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