Abstract
The article deals with German academic emigres who fled HITLER after 1933 and established their refuge at the American Black Mountain College in North Carolina, founded as an alternative to traditional institutions of higher education in that very year. Of particular consideration are the contributions of noted Bauhaus master JOSEF ALBERS who introduced a new concept of art education in a school environment theoretically dominated by JOHN DEWEY'S paradigm of philosophical pragmatism and converted into practice by his fervent admirer JOHN A. RICE. In the course of study, the essay focuses on fertilizing elements regarding the interaction between European and American avant-garde representatives in the arts. In its concluding remarks, it traces the roots of JOSEF ALBERS' art education and pedagogical creed. The essay finally discusses the question whether ALBERS was a close follower of PESTALOZZI's late educational convictions or rather linked to JOHN DEWEY's philosophical system as maintained in the existing scholarly literature.
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