The Wall Street Journal recalls how the duo inspired each other and a generation of artists
January 5, 2021
“The 20th century produced its fair share of powerhouse artist couples.... But for sheer longevity and high-voltage aesthetic give-and-take, none rivals the union of Josef and Anni Albers, who met at the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany, arrived in the U.S. to teach at Black Mountain College in 1933, and were married for 51 happy and productive years.’’
Read the full review of Anni & Josef Albers: Equal and Unequal in The Wall Street Journal.
Image: Josef and Anni Albers at Black Mountain College, 1949. Photo by Theodore Dreier. Courtesy The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation