Anni Albers

Art Brokerage: Anni Albers German Artist: b. 1889-1994: Born in Berlin Germany, Anni's birth name was Annelise Fleischmann. She became a noted textile weaver, printmaker, designer, and craftsperson, considered by some critics to be one of the premier textile designers of the 20th Century. She described her weavings as "visual resting places" (Worringer) and was unique in her methods because she did not confine herself to pre-planned designs but allowed her creations to evolve through the combining of process and medium. Anni's work is shown in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY, MOMA, Mommonth Art Museum in NJ, Art Inst. of Chicago, Victoria and Albert Museum on london and the Baltimroe Museum of Art. Albers worked primarily in textiles and, late in life, as a printmaker. She produced numerous designs in ink washes for her textiles, and occasionally experimented with jewelry. Her woven works include many wall hangings, curtains and bedspreads, mounted "pictorial" images, and mass-produced yard material. Her weavings are often constructed of both traditional and industrial materials, not hesitating to combine jute, paper, and cellophane, for instance, to startlingly sublime effect. Listings wanted.