Her Life
Born Annelise Fleischmann in Berlin, she entered the Bauhaus in 1922. Weaving was not her first choice. She married Josef Albers in 1925. In 1933 the couple emigrated to the United States, where she taught at Black Mountain College.
Anni Albers
1899–1994 · Born in Berlin
Weaving
In one sentence
A weaver who argued that textiles are art and design, and proved it.
Her Work
She created wall hangings, rugs, sound-absorbing and light-reflecting fabrics, and later prints and jewellery. Her book On Weaving (1965) became a classic. In 1949 she had a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the first by a textile artist there.
Why she was overlooked
For decades she was frequently introduced as "Josef Albers's wife."
Her Legacy Today
Major retrospectives in recent years have recast her as a central figure of modern art and design.
- Solo exhibition, MoMA (1949)
- On Weaving (1965)
Her work in pictures
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