Anni Albers Biography by Nicholas Fox Weber Published by Yale University Press
Yale University Press has just published a biography titled 'Anni Albers: A Life,' written by Nicholas Fox Weber, the executive director of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation. This book is the first comprehensive look at the life of Anni Albers, a notable textile artist and modernist. It covers her beginnings in 1899 in a wealthy Jewish family in Berlin, her time at the Bauhaus and Black Mountain College, and her later years in Connecticut with her husband, Josef. Weber highlights her influential works, like the Holocaust memorial 'Six Prayers' (1965–66), her relationships with artists such as Paul Klee and John Cage, and her personal challenges, including Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
Key facts
- Biography 'Anni Albers: A Life' by Nicholas Fox Weber published by Yale University Press.
- First comprehensive biography of Anni Albers.
- Covers her birth in 1899 in Berlin, Bauhaus, Black Mountain College, and Connecticut.
- Details her weaving masterpiece 'Six Prayers' (1965–66), a Holocaust memorial.
- Weber is executive director of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation.
- Weber began collaborating with Anni in 1971.
- Anni had Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and made 14 trips to Mexico.
- Her work exhibited at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Museum of Modern Art.
Entities
Artists
- Anni Albers
- Josef Albers
- Paul Klee
- John Cage
- Merce Cunningham
- Ruth Asawa
- Jacob Lawrence
- Gunta Stölzl
- Walter Gropius
Institutions
- Yale University Press
- Josef and Anni Albers Foundation
- Bauhaus
- Black Mountain College
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Museum of Modern Art
- Royal College of Art
- British Museum
- Vogue
- Jewish Museum, New York
- Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop
Locations
- Berlin
- Germany
- Dessau
- North Carolina
- Connecticut
- Mexico
- Machu Picchu
- Tenerife
- Peru
- New York