Johannes Itten (November 11, 1888 - May 27, 1967) was a Swiss painter, designer teacher, writer and theorist associated with the Bauhaus school (Staatliches Bauhaus). is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the toll-free telephone number see Toll-free telephone number Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... is the 147th day of the year (148th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ... Designer is a broad term for a person who designs any of a variety of things. ... For the British gothic rock band, see Bauhaus (band). ... Alternate use: There is also a British rock band named Bauhaus. ...

Life and work

Born in Südern-Linden, Switzerland, from 1904 to 1908 he studied as an elementary school teacher. Beginning in 1908 he taught using methods developed by Friedrich Froebel and was exposed to the ideas of psychoanalysis. He later enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Geneva but then returned to Berne, after being unimpressed with the educators there. Itten's studies at the Berne-Hofwil Teachers' Academy with Ernst Schneider proved seminal for his later work as a master at the Bauhaus. Among other principles espoused by Schneider, Itten adopted the practice of not correcting his students' creative work on an individual basis, for fear that this would crush the creative impulse. Rather, he selected certain common mistakes to correct for the class as a whole. Wachseldorn is a municipality in the district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. ... Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel (1782-1852) was a German educationalist. ... Today psychoanalysis comprises several interlocking theories concerning the functioning of the mind. ... cole des Beaux Arts refers to several art schools in France. ... Geneva (pronunciation //; French: Genève //, German:   //, Italian: Ginevra //, Romansh: Genevra) is the second most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich), and is the most populous city of Romandy (the French-speaking part of Switzerland). ... For other uses, see Berne (disambiguation). ...

He was taught by Adolf Hölzel using the work and textbook of Eugène Gilliard, an abstract painter, as a base. From Hölzel, Itten adopted a series of basic shapes (the line, the plane, the circle, the spiral) as a means from which to begin creation, and the use of gymnastic exercises to relax his students and prepare them for the experiences that were to occur in the class. Adolf Hölzel (1853 - 1934) was a German artist/painter. ... Kazimir Malevich, Black square 1915 Abstract art is now generally understood to mean art that does not depict objects in the natural world, but instead uses color and form in a non-representational way. ...

From 1919-1922, Itten taught at the Bauhaus, developing the innovative preliminary course which was to teach students the basics of material characteristics, composition, and color. He also published a book - The Art of Color- which describes these ideas as a furthering of Adolf Hölzel's color wheel. Itten's so called "color sphere" went on to include 12 colors. In 1924, Itten established the “Ontos Weaving Workshops” near Zurich, with the help of Bauhaus weaver Gunta Stölzl. For the British gothic rock band, see Bauhaus (band). ... Adolf Hölzel (1853 - 1934) was a German artist/painter. ... Philipp Otto Runge’s Farbenkugel (Color Sphere), showing the surface of the sphere in the two top images, and horizontal and vertical cross sections in the bottom two. ... For the British gothic rock band, see Bauhaus (band). ... Gunta Stölzl (5 March 1897 – 22 April 1983) was a German born textile artist who played a fundamental role in the development of the Bauhaus school’s weaving workshop. ...

Farbkreis by Johannes Itten (1961)

Itten's work on color is also said to be an inspiration for seasonal color analysis, Itten having been the first to associate color pallates with four types of people and designating those types with the names of seasons. Shortly after his death, his designations gained popularity in the cosmetics industry with the publication of "Color Me A Season". Cosmetologists today continue to use seasonal color analysis, a tribute to the early work by Itten. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

Itten was a follower of Mazdaznan, a fire cult originating in the United States that was largely derived from Zoroastrianism. He observed a strict vegetarian diet and practiced meditation as a means to develop inner understanding and intuition, which was for him the principal source of artistic inspiration and practice. Itten's mysticism and hold on the students increasingly alienated him from the other leading figures of the Bauhaus, particularly Walter Gropius and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, who were moving the school in a direction that embraced mass production rather than individual artistic expression and craftsmanship. The rift led to Itten's forced resignation from the Bauhaus. From 1926 -34 he had a small art- and architecture school in Berlin, in which Ernst Neufert, the former chief-architect of Walter Gropius at the Bauhaus taught as well from 1932-34. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Zoroastrianism is the religion and philosophy based on the teachings ascribed to the prophet Zoroaster (Zarathustra, Zartosht). ... Walter Adolph Georg Gropius (May 18, 1883 – July 5, 1969) was a German architect and founder of Bauhaus. ... László Moholy-Nagy (probably July 28, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Hungarian painter and photographer as well as professor in the Bauhaus school. ... Mass production is the production of large amounts of standardised products on production lines. ... Ernst Neufert (* March 15th 1900 in Freyburg an der Unstrut, † February 23rd, 1986 in Rolle Lake Geneva) was a German architect, who is known as an assistant of Walter Gropius, as a teacher and member of various organizations for standardization and mainly for his famous book Architects Data (Bauentwurfslehre). ... Walter Adolph Georg Gropius (May 18, 1883 – July 5, 1969) was a German architect and founder of Bauhaus. ... For the British gothic rock band, see Bauhaus (band). ...

Itten's works exploring the use and composition of color resemble the square op-art canvases of artists such as Josef Albers, Max Bill and Bridget Riley, and the expressionist works of Wassily Kandinsky. Look up op art in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Josef Albers (born March 19, 1888 in Bottrop, Westphalia (Germany) - died March 26, 1976 in New Haven, Connecticut), was a German artist and educator whose work, both in Europe and in the United States, formed the basis of some of the most influential and far-reaching art education programs of... Granite sculpture, Bahnhofstrasse, Zürich Max Bill (December 22, 1908 – December 8, 1994) was a Swiss architect, artist, and designer. ... Bridget Louise Riley CH CBE (born April 24, 1931 in London) is an English painter who is one of the foremost proponents of op art, art that exploits the fallibility of the human eye. ... On White II by Wassily Kandinsky, 1923. ... Wassily Kandinsky (Russian: Василий Кандинский, first name pronounced as [vassi:li]) (December 16 [O.S. December 4] 1866 – December 13, 1944) was a Russian painter, printmaker and art theorist. ...

• 1926–1934 Private artschool in Berlin
• 1932–1938 Director of the Textilfachschule in Krefeld
• 1938–1954 Director at the Kunstgewerbeschule und
• 1943–1960 Director of the Textilfachschule in Zürich
• 1949–1956 Director of the Museum Rietberg Zürich, a museum for non-European art
• 1955 works as free lance painter
• 1955 colour courses at the HfG Ulm (Hochschule für Gestaltung in Ulm)

Books

• The Elements of Color
• The Art of Color: The Subjective Experience and Objective Rationale of Color
• Design and Form: The Basic Course at the Bauhaus and Later, Revised Edition
• The Color Star

External links

• influence of Friedrich Froebel on Johannes Itten 1888 - 1967
• Johannes Itten at Artcyclopedia - a list of galleries and online museum sites.
• Johannes Itten - The art of color