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Heinz Liesbrock Author & Editor

An artist, educator, and color theorist, Josef Albers (1888–1976) was also a pioneer of twentieth-century modernism. He is known for his comprehensive series of works, Homage to the Square (1950–76) and taught at the Bauhaus, Black Mountain College, and at Yale University.

Heinz Liesbrock (*1953) is Director of the Josef Albers Museum Quadrat in Bottrop. He has written extensively on Albers and his impact on art, as well as on Edward Hopper, Walker Evans, and others.