At the age of 20 she moved to Arizona where she finished college at Arizona State University in 1982 with a B.S. Recommended to all young art lovers, and to children curious about color, and how it works. Natasha Wing was born in Milford, Connecticut in 1960. The additional information at the rear fleshes out his life story, as well as laying out author Natasha Wing's own connection to the artist (she grew up down the street from his house in Connecticut), and providing a glossary, a bibliography and a list of activities. Julia Breckenreid's bold gouache illustrations are well suited to the tale being told, and emphasize the ideas about color that Albers gained from his 'Homage to the Square,' and that he communicated in turn in his writing and teaching. Painting thousands of squares within squares (within squares), in order to study the effect of different color combinations, Albers pursued his project methodically, eventually publishing Interaction of Color, and becoming the first living artist to have a single-person show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.Īn engaging book about an artist whose work has been quite influential, although his name is not as well known as some others, An Eye for Color: The Story of Josef Albers also (very appropriately) has immense visual appeal. Eventually, in 1949, he began his famous study of color, which would prove so influential in the world of the arts, and which lasted for twenty-seven years. An Eye for Color: The Story of Josef Albers by Wing, Natasha 5.

An Eye for Color by Natasha Wing