JOSEF ALBERS SELECTED ONE-ARTIST EXHIBITIONS DATES EDUCATION

JOSEF ALBERS

SELECTED ONE-ARTIST EXHIBITIONS

DATES
Born 1888, Bottrop, Germany
Died 1976

EDUCATION

1902–1905, Preparatory Teachers’ Training School, Langenhorst
1905–1908, Teachers’ College, Buren, received teacher’s certificate
1915, Royal Art School, Berlin
1916–1919, Kunstgewerbeschule, Essen
1919–1920, Art Academy, Munich

2015

Intersecting Colors: Josef Albers and His Contemporaries, Mead Art Museum, Amherst College,
Massachusetts, August 28, 2015–January 3, 2016. (Catalogue)

2014

Josef Albers: Process and Printmaking, Museo Fundación Juan March, Palma, Apirl 2–June 28, 2014.
Travels to: Museo de Arte Abstracto Español, Cuenca, July 11–October 5, 2014; Josef Albers Quadrat,
Bottrop, November 1914–January 2015.

Josef Albers: Black and White, Waddington Custot Galleries, London, May 6–June 4, 2014. (Catalogue)

Josef Albers: Select One-Artist Exhibitions 2

Josef Albers: Mimimal Means, Maximum Effect, Fundación Juan March, Madrid, March 28–July 6, 2014.
Travels to: Henie Onstad Art Centre, Høvikodden, Norway, August 28–December 14, 2014. (Catalogue)
2013
Learning to See: Josef Albers as a Teacher, from Bauhaus to Yale, Addademis di Brera, Milan, October 2–
December 1, 2013. Traveled to: as Art as Experience. Josef Albers as a Teacher: The Painter and His
Students, Josef Albers Museum Quadrat, Bottrop, Germany, December 15, 2013–March 30, 2014.
Josef Albers: Sublime Optics, Fondazione Stelline, Milan, September 26, 2013–January 6, 2014.
Josef Albers: Spirituality and Rigor, Galleria nazionale dell’Umbria, Perugia, March 19–June 19, 2013.
(Catalogue)
Josef Albers, Art as Experience: The Teaching Methods of a Bauhaus Master, Pinacoteca Comunale, Citta
di Castello, Italy, March 19–June 13, 2013. (Catalogue)
2012
Josef Albers, Galleria Civica di Modena, October 8, 2011–January 8, 2012. (Catalogue; text by Marco
Pierini)
Josef Albers in America: Painting on Paper, Morgan Library and Museum, New York, July 20–October 14,
2012.
The Sacred Modernist. Josef Albers as a Catholic Artist, The Lewis Glucksman Gallery, University College
Cork, Ireland, April 5–July 8, 2012. (Catalogue)
2011

Josef Albers: Select One-Artist Exhibitions 3

Painting On Paper: Josef Albers In America, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, December 16, 2010–March
3, 2011. Traveled to: Josef Albers Museum, Quadrat, Bottrop, Germany, March 20–June 19, 2011; Louisiana
Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, July 1–August 31, 2011; Kunstmuseum Basel, Kupferstichkabinett,
November 5, 2011–January 29, 2012; Musée Nationale d' Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, February
8–April 30, 2012; Centro de Arte Moderna, Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, May 17–July 1, 2012; Morgan
Library and Museum, New York, July 20–October 14, 2012 (Catalogue)

Josef Albers: Biconjugates, Kinetics and Variants, Waddington Custot Galleries, London, November 2–26,
2011. (Catalogue)

Louisiana on Paper: Josef Albers, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark, July 1–August
28, 2011.

Josef Albers: Minimal Means, Maximum Effect, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art, Taiwan, April 3–August 1,
2010. (Catalogue)

2010

Josef Albers: Formulation: Articulation, 1972, Peter Blum, New York, March 12–May 8, 2010.

Josef Albers: Innovation and Inspiration, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.,
February 13–April 11, 2010.

2009

Josef Albers: Paintings, Waddington Galleries, London, April 1–May 2, 2009. (Catalogue)

Color and Light: Josef Albers Homage to the Square, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, January 15–March
8, 2009. (Catalogue)

2008

Josef Albers: Select One-Artist Exhibitions 4

Homenaje al Cuadrado, Josef Albers, Casa Luis Barragan, Mexico City, November 6, 2007–April 27, 2008.
Sculpting Time, Sperone Westwater, New York, September 16–November 1, 2008. (Catalogue)
Le Vitraux de Josef Albers, Lumière et Couleur au Bauhaus (1920–1933), Musée départemental Matisse,
Palais Fénelon, Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France, July 6–September 29, 2008.

Color, Material, Space: Donald Judd and Josef Albers, Josef Albers Museum, Quadrat Bottrop, Germany,
June 29–September 28, 2008.

Painting, Drawings, Sculpture: Joseph Albers, Donald Judd, Agnes Martin, Dunn & Brown Contemporary,
Dallas, April 18–May 24, 2008.

2007
Josef Albers: Works on Paper and Paintings, Waddington Galleries, London, February 17–March 24, 2007.
(Catalogue)
Josef Albers / Donald Judd: Form and Color, PaceWildenstein, New York, January 26–February 24, 2007.
(Catalogue)

2006

Josef Albers: Screen Prints, The Ropewalk, North Lincoln-Shire, England,

Anni and Josef Albers: Latin American Journeys (Viajes por Latinoamérica), Museo Nacional Centro de Arte
Reina Sofia, Madrid, November 14, 2006–February 12, 2007. Traveled to: Josef Albers Museum Quadrat,
Bottrop, March 11–June 3, 2007; Museo de Arte de Lima, June 27–September 23, 2007; Antiguo Colegio de
San Ildefonso, Mexico City, November 6, 2007–April 27, 2008; Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba, Brazil, May
30–September 14, 2008; Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, January 17–March 8, 2009. (Catalogue)

Josef Albers: Select One-Artist Exhibitions 5

Josef Albers, Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas, opened October 7, 2006.
Josef Albers: Interaction of Color–Homage to the Square, Galerie Heinz Holtmann, Cologne, March 25–April
14, 2006.
Albers and Moholy-Nagy: from the Bauhaus to the New World, Tate Modern, London, March 9–June 4,
2006. Traveled to: Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany, June 25–October 1, 2006; Whitney Museum of American
Att, November 2, 2006–January 21, 2007.
2005
Josef and Anni Albers: Designs for Living, Cooper–Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, October 1,
2004–February 27, 2005.
Josef Albers: Seeing in Color, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, September 25, 2004–January 2,
2005.
Josef Albers: The Development of an Image, Alan Cristea Gallery, London, May 5–June 4, 2005.
Jan 15–Feb 13, 2005. Traveled to: Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery, Wednesbury, England, March 26–
April 23, 2005.
Josef Alber / Donald Judd: Structure and Color, Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York, February 19–May 21,
2005.
Josef Albers: Homage to the Square–A Retrospective, Museo Morandi, Bologna, Italy, January 28–April 30,
2005.
2004

Josef Albers: Select One-Artist Exhibitions 6

Josef Albers: Pinturas 1957–1969, Galería Elvira González, Madrid, 2004.
Josef Albers: Small Paintings, Waddington Galleries, London, April 21–May 22, 2004. (Catalogue)
Josef Albers, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, February 7–March 24, 2004.
2003
Bauhaus Furniture, A legend Reviewed, Bauhaus–Archiv, Berlin, October 31 2002–March 10, 2003
Black Mountain College: Experiment in Art, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, October
2002–January 2003.
Josef Albers: Homage to Color, PaceWildenstein, New York, May 9–June 27, 2003. (Catalogue; texts by
Arnold B. Glimcher, Donald Judd, Hans Jean Arp and Wassily Kandinsky)
The Prints of Joseph Albers, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, February 13–March 22, 2003.
2002
Josef Albers. Formulation Articulation, Niigata City Art Museum, Japan, September 14–October 20, 2002.
Abstraction: The Amerindian Paradigm, Palais des Beaux–Arts, Brussels, June 29–september 16, 2001;
IVAM Institut Valencia d’Art Modern, Abstraction, October 18, 2001–January 7, 2002
Josef Albers, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris, May 15–August 26, 2002
Josef Albers. Werke aus Sechsjahrzehnten, Museum Kloster Bentlage, May 5–June 2, 2002.
Arp–Albers: Rencontre de deux Amis, Galerie Denise Rene, Paris, April 11–June 29, 2002.

Josef Albers: Select One-Artist Exhibitions 7

2001
Bauhaus, Dessau, Chicago, New York, Folkwang Museum, Essen, August 12–November 12 2001
Minimalismos, un signo de los tiempos, Museo Natcional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, July 11–
October 8, 2001
Josef Albers: Denn Kunst Sieht uns An, Kunst Museum Bayreuth, July 9–Sept 17, 2001; Kunsthaus
Kaufbeuren, November 18–February 4, 2001.
Josef Albers. Homage to the Square Paintings/Photographs (1928–1938), Waddington Galleries, London,
March 28–April 21, 2001
1999
Josef Albers: Prints 1916–1976, Alan Cristea Gallery, London
Josef Albers, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, September 9–October 30, 1999.
1998
Josef and Anni Albers: Europa und Amerika, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany, November 6, 1998–January 31,
1999. (Catalogue)
Bauhaus-Archiv, Museum für Gestaltung, Berlin
Albers, Danese, New York
August 9–October 4, 1998; Stiftung bauhaus, Dessau October 14, 1998–january 10, 1999; Ulmer Museum,
Ulm January 24–March 21, 1999.

Josef Albers: Select One-Artist Exhibitions 8

Josef Albers Werke auf papier, Kunstmuseum, Bonn, May 8–August 2, 1998; Staatliches Museum, Schwerin
1997
Homage to the Square, Galerie Denise René, Paris, April 8–May 31, 1997.
1996
André Emmerich Gallery, New York
Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne
Bauhaus Weimar–Dessau–Berlino 1919–1933, Fondazione Mazzotta, Milan, October 1996–March 1997.
Josef Albers: Autonomous Color, Center for Contemporary Graphic Art and Tyler Graphics Archive
Collection, Japan. July 16–October 13, 1996.
Josef Albers: Homages to the Square and Structural Constellations, Waddington Galleries, London. April 11–
May 18, 1996.
1995
André Emmerich Gallery, New York
Galerie Nächst St. Stephan, Vienna
Josef Albers: Thinking in Situations, lobby, 717 Fifth Avenue, New York
1994
Josef Albers: Works on Paper, exhibition travelled to five European museums.

Josef Albers: Select One-Artist Exhibitions 9

Josef Albers: Glass, Colour, and Light, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, March 30–July 10, 1994.
Traveled to: Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, July 21–October 3, 1994; IVAM Center Julio Gonzalez,
Valencia, November 3, 1994–January 8, 1995; Josef Albers Museum, Quadrat, Bottrop, Germany, February
11–May 14, 1995; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, May 24–September 17, 1995; Smith
College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts, September 28, 1995–January 12, 1996. (Catalogue)

Josef Albers, (A Touring Exhibition Arranged by The South Bank Center, London). Traveled to: The Irish
Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, February 4–March 27, 1994; Mead Gallery Arts Center, Coventry, April 23–
May 21, 1994; Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, June 26–Septmeber 18, 1994; Norwich Gallery, Norfolk
Institute of Art, September 26–November 5, 1994.

1993

Albers: The 48" x 48" Homage to the Square, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, November 18–December 31,
1993. (Catalogue)

1992

Josef Albers, Galerie Tokoro, Tokyo, September 7–October 17, 2002.

Josef Albers Photographien 1928–1955, Kunstverein, Cologne, May 24–July 19, 1992. Traveled to: Ulmer
Museum, Ulm, November 14, 1992–January 10, 1993; Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop, February, 7–April 25,
1993.

1991

Josef Albers at Marfa, Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas, October–December, 1991; Joseloff Gallery,
University of Hartford, April–June 26, 1991; Bennington College, Vermont, opened November 9, 1991;
Parrish Museum, Southampton, NY, May 2–June 20, 1993.

Josef Albers: Select One-Artist Exhibitions 10

Josef Albers: Works on Paper, J.B. Speed Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, September 16–November 3, 1991.
Traveled to: Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina, November 28, 1991–January 12, 1992;
Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama, February 1–March 15, 1992; Bakersfield Museum of Art,
Bakersfield, California, April 4–May 17, 1992; Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln,
Nebraska, August 8–September 20, 1992; Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee, October 10–
November 29, 1992; Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki, August 26–October 10, 1993; Haus fur
Konstruktive und Konskrete Kunst, Zurich, November 12, 1993–January 9, 1994; Museum fur Konkrete
Kunst, Ingolstadt, January 22–Feruary 20, 1994; Sala de Exposiciones Rekalde, Bilbao, March 15–April 24
1994; Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop, 1994.

1990
Anni and Josef Albers, Villa Stuck, Munich, December 16–February 25, 1990. Traveled to: Josef Albers
Museum, Bottrop, April 29–June 4, 1990.

1989

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, October 5–31, 1989.

Josef Albers, The Mayor Gallery, London, September 7–October 14, 1989. Traveled to: Galerie Karsten
Greve, Cologne, October 28–December 2, 1989.
1988

The Photographs of Josef Albers, exhibition organized by the American Federation of Arts, New York,
travelled to 7 U.S. museums

Josef Albers: A Retrospective, exhibition organized by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York,
March 25–May 29, 1988. Traveled to: Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, June 12–July 24, 1988;
Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin, August 10–October 4, 1988; Pori Art Museum, Helsinki, October 19–December 3,
1988.

1987

Josef Albers: Select One-Artist Exhibitions 11

Galerie Hans Strelow, Düsseldorf
Galerie Denise René, Paris
Galerie Theo, Madrid
1986
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Satani Gallery, Tokyo
Totah Gallery, Milan
1985
Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
Josef Albers: Homage to the Square, Gimpel Fils, London, May 8–June 1, 1985.
1984
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
1983
Goethe House, New York
Inaugural Exhibition, The Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop, Germany

Josef Albers: Select One-Artist Exhibitions 12

1981
Moderne Galerie, Bottrop, Germany
Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New York
1980
Galerie Christel, Stockholm
1978
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut (exhibition of gift of paintings by Anni Albers and The
Josef Albers Foundation)
1977
The American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters (Memorial exhibition), New York
1973
York University, Downsview, Ontario
Gestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover
Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne
Albers, Galerie Beyeler, Basel, March–April 1973.
Albers, Galerie Melki, Paris, November 13–December 8, 1973. (Exhibition catalogue)
1971

Josef Albers: Select One-Artist Exhibitions 13

Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (first one-man show ever given to a living artist by that museum)
Landesmuseum, Münster / Westfalen, Germany
1970
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, September 4–October 4, 1970.
1969
Galerie Thomas, Munich
Galerie Denise René, Paris
Albers, Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Münster, Germany, April 28–June 2, 1968. Traveled
to: Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland, June 22–July 28, 1968; Overbeck-Gesellschaft, Lübeck, Germany, August
18–September 15, 1968; Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany, September 29–October 25, 1968;
Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany, November 5–December 3, 1968; Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Bildende Kunst, Berlin, January 15–February 5, 1969. (Catalogue)
1968
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
1967
Galerie Wilbrand, Münster, Germany

Josef Albers: Select One-Artist Exhibitions 14

1966
Josef Albers: White Line Squares, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1966. (Catalogue)
Galeria de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City
Josef Albers, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinatti, 1965. Traveled throughout the United States, 1965–
1966.
1965
Galeria Toninelli, Milan
Galerie Gimpel & Hanover, Zürich
Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut
Josef Albers: The American Years, Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Washington D.C. (exhibition traveled
to New Orleans, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, and Waltham, Massachusetts)
1964
Wilhelm–Morgner–Haus, Soest–Westfalen, Germany
Galerie Buren, Stockholm
San Francisco Museum of Art
Homage to the Square, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, September 28–October 24, 1964.

Josef Albers: Select One-Artist Exhibitions 15

Josef Albers: Homage to the Square, Traveling exhibition sponsored by the International Council, The
Museum of Modern Art, New York. Traveled to: Galeria Mendoza, Caracas, March–March 29, 1964; Centro
de Artes y Letras, Montevideo, April 20–May 17, 1964; Instituto Torcuato di Tella, Buenos Aires, June 9–July
5, 1964; Instituto de Arte Contemporánea, Lima, September 14–October 11, 1964; Instituto Brasil–Estados
Unidos, Rio de Janeiro, November 5–December 23, 1964; Museu de Arte Contemporánea, São Paolo,
December 7–23, 1964; Casa de Cultura Ecuadoreana, Guayaquil, January 23–28, 1965; Equadorean–
American Cultural Center, Quito, February 12–14, 1965; Bi–National Center, Bogota, February 23–March 18,
1965; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, April 4–20, 1965; Museo de Arte y Ciencias y
Arte,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Mexico City, June 8–August 1, 1965; United States
itinerary: Dulin Gallery of Art, Knoxville, October 15–November 7, 1965; Huntington Galleries, Huntington,
West Virginia, November 19–December 12, 1965; The Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, New York, January
7–February 4, 1966; State University College, Oswego, New York, February 21–March 14, 1966; Atlanta Art
Association Museum, March 25–April 24, 1966; Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, May 9–
June 6, 1966; George Thomas Hunter Gallery of Art, Chattanooga, June 24–July 17, 1966; Walker Art
Center, Minneapolis, August 14–September 18, 1966; Madison Art Center, Wisconsin, October 3–October
24, 1966; Virginia Museum of Fine arts, Richmond, November 7–December 4, 1966; Wichita Art Museum,
Kansas, January 2–22, 1967.

1963

Galerie Hybler, Copenhagen

Kunsthaus Hamburg, Germany

Museum Folkwang Essen, Germany

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York

Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas

1962

Josef Albers: Select One-Artist Exhibitions 16

Pace Gallery, Boston
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina
1961
Galerie Suzanne Bollag, Zürich
Gimpel Fils, London
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
1959
Landesmuseum Münster / Westfalen, Germany
Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
1958
Kunstverein Münster / Westfalen, Germany
Kunstverein Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York

Josef Albers: Select One-Artist Exhibitions 17

1957
Museum der Stadt, Ulm, Germany
Karl–Ernst–Osthaus–Museum, Hagen, Germany
Staatliche Werkkunstschule / Kunstsammlung Kassel, Germany
Galerie Denis René, Paris
1956
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
1955
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
1954
Academy of Art, Honolulu
1953
San Francisco Museum of Art
Josef & Anni Albers: Paintings, Tapesties & Woven Textiles, Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, Connecticut,
July 8–August 2, 1953. (Catalogue)

Josef Albers: Select One-Artist Exhibitions 18

1952
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
1951
Contemporary Art Society, Sydney, Australia
1950
Hite Art Institute, University of Louisville, Kentucky
1949
Egan Gallery, New York
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Cincinnati Art Museum
Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticuticut
1948
Cranbrook Academy, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
1947
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco

Josef Albers: Select One-Artist Exhibitions 19

1946
Egan Gallery, New York
1945
New Art Circle, J.B. Neumann, New York
1944
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina
1942
Baltimore Museum of Art
University Art Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1941
Nierendorf Gallery, New York
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
1940
San Francisco Museum of Art