{"id":21926,"date":"2012-02-29T18:30:30","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T23:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/?p=21926"},"modified":"2012-03-01T08:24:05","modified_gmt":"2012-03-01T13:24:05","slug":"the-wonders-of-josef-albers-home-painting-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2012\/02\/29\/the-wonders-of-josef-albers-home-painting-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"the wonders of josef albers + home painting inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/embed\/video\/xoyger_josef-albers-en-amerique-du-8-fevrier-au-30-avril-2012_creation\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"525\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/xoyger_josef-albers-en-amerique-du-8-fevrier-au-30-avril-2012_creation?start=0#from=embediframe\">Video link here.<\/a>) This video of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/toah\/works-of-art\/59.160\">Josef Albers<\/a>&#8216; paintings from his series <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guggenheim.org\/new-york\/collections\/collection-online\/show-full\/piece\/?search=homage%20to%20the%20square%3A%20apparition&amp;page=&amp;f=title&amp;object=61.1590\">&#8220;Homage to the Square&#8221;<\/a> is from a show opening at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centrepompidou.fr\/\">Centre Pompidou<\/a> in February. We find it a delight: \u00a0refreshing and illuminating at the end of a long day. It wakes our eye to color AND gives us endless practical inspiration for applying paint in our own spaces.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21929\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21929\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Albers-painting-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21929\" title=\"Albers painting 1\" src=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Albers-painting-1.jpg\" alt=\"Josef Albers painting from Homage to the Square\" width=\"525\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Albers-painting-1.jpg 525w, https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Albers-painting-1-100x97.jpg 100w, https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Albers-painting-1-300x291.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21929\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">the josef and anni albers foundation\/artists rights society, ny<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21932\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21932\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Albers-painting-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21932\" title=\"Albers painting 2\" src=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Albers-painting-2.jpg\" alt=\"Josef Albers painting in neutrals from  Homage to the Square\" width=\"525\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Albers-painting-2.jpg 525w, https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Albers-painting-2-100x79.jpg 100w, https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Albers-painting-2-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atelierjournal.com\/2012\/02\/josef-albers-in-america.html\">Atelier<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Related posts: <a title=\"d-i-y color-block decorated storage cabinets\" href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2012\/02\/06\/d-i-y-color-block-decorated-storage-cabinets\/\">d-i-y color-block decorated storage cabinets<br \/>\n<\/a><a title=\"rough, hand-painted stripes on walls\" href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2012\/02\/02\/rough-hand-painted-stripes-on-walls\/\">rough, hand-painted stripes on walls<br \/>\n<\/a><a title=\"geometrically painted walls and doors\" href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2012\/01\/19\/geometrically-painted-walls-and-doors\/\">geometrically painted walls and doorsxx<br \/>\n<\/a><a title=\"more fab (and daring) painted floors (to d-i-y?)\" href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2011\/10\/18\/more-fab-and-daring-painted-floors-to-d-i-y\/\">xmore fab (and daring) painted floors (to d-i-y?)x<br \/>\n<\/a><a title=\"a white-washed house goes from ordinary to modern\" href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2012\/02\/07\/a-white-washed-house-goes-from-ordinary-to-modern\/\">a white-washed house goes from ordinary to modern<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Video link here.) This video of Josef Albers&#8216; paintings from his series &#8220;Homage to the Square&#8221; is from a show opening at the Centre Pompidou in February. We find it a delight: \u00a0refreshing and illuminating at the end of a long day. It wakes our eye to color AND gives us endless practical inspiration for&hellip;<\/p>\n<a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\" https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2012\/02\/29\/the-wonders-of-josef-albers-home-painting-inspiration\/ \">Read More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[88,31,6549,8362,800,7],"tags":[3998,3997,3996,649],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>the wonders of josef albers + home painting inspiration<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Artist Josef Albers Homage to the Square teaches us how to &quot;see&quot; color and apply it in our lives and homes.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, 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