Interaction of Albers

Legendary for his tenure at the Bauhaus, Black Mountain College, and Yale, Josef Albers was one of the most influential art educators of the 20th century. Between 1953 and 1955, Albers taught several preliminary design courses at the Ulm School of Design (HfG) in Germany. Swiss photographer Hans G. Conrad, then a student at HfG, documented Albers’ teaching in an extensive series of over 400 photographs, depicting his lectures to and interactions with the students. Published here for the first time in their entirety, they are pure delight and a thrilling view into what things looked like in an Albers class.