Annelise ("Anni") Albers
1899 – 1994
Born in Berlin, Anni Fleischmann attended the famous Bauhaus school that combined crafts and fine arts. Though she wanted to study painting she was assigned, along with other women to the weaving workshop. She enjoyed the challenge the limitations and possibilities of woven fabric and soon became one of the best known textile artists of the 20th century. She married artist and Bauhaus painting teacher Josef Albers. When the school closed under pressure from the Nazi regime, they moved to Black Mountain State College in North Carolina in 1933. Anni Albers established a weaving workshop at that college, and the couple remained there until 1949. In 1950 Josef joined the Department of Design at Yale University. Anni and Josef lived in Orange, Connecticut beginning in 1950.
Anni Albers spent much of her career as a textile weaver, moving into printmaking in the 1960s. She lectured at numerous museums and universities, and wrote books related to her art.
Anni Albers spent much of her career as a textile weaver, moving into printmaking in the 1960s. She lectured at numerous museums and universities, and wrote books related to her art.
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