Plate 1 (from 1 – 5 Vice Versa), 1971

<p>osef Albers, a German-born American artist, was a leading figure in 20th-century art education. He enrolled at the Weimar Bauhaus in 1920 as a student before transitioning to a teaching role in 1922, focusing on handicrafts. Albers emigrated to the United States in 1933, where he had a profound influence on post-war Western visual art. His 1963 book Interaction of Colour remains a foundational text on colour theory. As an abstract painter he is most renowned for his<em> Homage to the Square</em> series, where he meticulously explored colour interactions through nested squares. In 1971, he made history as the first living artist to be honoured with a solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York</p>