Johannes itten 11 november 1888 25 march 1967 was a swiss expressionist painter, designer, teacher, writer and theorist associated with the bauhaus. He who reaches the end of the highroad will leave the carriage and walk afoot. Students explored two and threedimensional design using a variety of simple materials, such as wire, wood, and paper. Johannes itten swiss painter and sculptor britannica. Johannes itten was a froebel trained elementary school teacher. Together with germanamerican painter lyonel feininger and german sculptor gerhard marcks, under the direction of german architect walter gropius, itten was part. Johannes itten the founder of colour type theory the swiss painter, art theoretician and arts pedagogue johannes itten 18881967 is considered the founder of colour type theory, that served as the basis for the pioneers of colour consultation, suzanne caygill and carole jackson. Johannes itten was one of the first people to define and identify strategies for successful color combinations. Jan 21, 2016 johannes itten 1888 1967 expressionism abstract art swiss duration. Johannes itten books list of books by johannes itten. Learning from books and teachers is like traveling by carriage, so we are told in the veda.
Johannes itten was a swiss expressionist painter, designer, teacher, writer and theorist associated with the bauhaus staatliche bauhaus school. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Biography of johannes itten 18881967 painter, teacher, writer and swiss textile designer born in suderlinden on november 11, 1888 and died in zurich on may 25, 1967. Id like to read itten s work, but i dont feel right simply taking the first name that i come across and taking his work as holy writ.
Johannes itten and the background of modern art education the hundred years prior to world war i saw the emergence of some of the major leaders of educational reform. It was a competitive world when johannes itten lived. Even the in clusion of archaic and complicated german scripts was considered. He was also influenced in respect to aesthetics by the work of the blaue reiter. This entry was posted on tuesday, november 8th, 2011 at 3. See more ideas about art, color theory and josef albers. The subjective experience and objective rationale of color. After realizing his passion for arts he moved to vienna for art studies in 1916 and then moved to weimar in 1919 to teach in the bauhaus. Itten s newlydiscovered diaries and sketch books, which have not been displayed up to now in this. The book color me a season mentioned in the section influence was unsourced.
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Johannes ittens most popular book is the elements of color. In the bauhaus anniversary year of 2019, the kunstmuseum bern is dedicating an exhibition to the important swiss artist and bauhaus master johannes itten. Find the latest shows, biography, and artworks for sale by johannes itten. After training in geneva and stuttgart, johannes itten settled in vienna in 1916 where he taught at his own art school. Books by johannes itten author of the elements of color. To experience a work of art means to re experience it. Very in depth information, slow absorption and note taking. Johann heinrich pestalozzi, johann friedrich herbart, friedrich froebel. Johannes itten was born on 11th nov, 1888 in sudernlindern, switzerland in a school teachers family.
We are now using an online service which converts the uploaded documents wordexcel etc. Johannes itten 11 november 1888 25 march 1967 was a swiss expressionist painter, designer, teacher, writer and theorist associated with the bauhaus staatliches bauhaus school. Through his research he devised seven methodologies for coordinating colors utilizing the hues contrasting properties. You can follow any responses to this entry through the rss 2. Johannes itten was a swiss color theorist and artist who taught the foundation course in craft through the study of color and form at the bauhaus zifcak 2010. View upcoming auction estimates and receive personalized email alerts for the artists you follow. But, the carriage will serve only while one is on the highroad. Heshe was closely linked to the german school known as bauhaus, which was one of its founding members. He taught and studied colors from both a scientific and artistic perspective ekperigin 2000.
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