Josef Albers was a German-born American artist and educator whose work, both in Europe and in the United States, formed the basis of modern art education programs of the twentieth century. From 1925 to 1928, he directed the preliminary course at the Bauhaus together with László Moholy-Nagy. After the Bauhaus was closed down in 1933, Albers and his wife emigrated to the USA. Today, visitors to the Caspersen Center will find a floor-to-ceiling relief of yellow masonry brick called “America” (1950) by Albers integrated into the wall of the building’s Harkness Commons fireplace.
