One of the best-known textile designers and weavers of the 20th century, Anni Albers (1899–1994) started her career as a student at the Bauhaus school, then joined its faculty. With the start of WWII and the closure of the Bauhaus, Albers moved to the United States with her husband, the painter Josef Albers. For the next 15 years at Black Mountain College in North Carolina, she passed on her knowledge: many of her students went on to careers as artists, designers, educators, and architects. In 1949, she became the first textile artist to have a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art. Albers’ books On Designing (1959) and On Weaving (1965) are considered must-reads by students of design.