Johannes Itten - Color & the Bauhaus

"If you, unknowing, are able to create masterpieces in color, then unknowledge is your way. But if you are unable to create masterpieces in color out of your unknowledge, then you ought to look for knowledge."  ‎- Johannes Itten

Johannes Itten helped establish the Preliminary Course at the Bauhaus School in Germany, 1919. The Bauhaus changed art education and continues to influence it to this day. The non-academic Preliminary Course was designed to re-educate students from diverse educational backgrounds to new modalities. Instead of teaching theory, Itten taught through observation and process by exploring relatedness and contrasts of light and dark, textures, colors, and materials. He, along with Josef Albers, influenced generations of artists, architects, and designers. 

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