Sometimes known as "the square man," he made more than 1,000 paintings in his series, Homage to the Square, from 1950 until his death. The quasi-scientific series of paintings focused on optical effects of color within the confines of a uniform square shape. - See more at: http://www.theartstory.org/artist-albers-josef.htm#sthash.79zU7FrA.dpuf