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Master Expressionist. Paul Klee. “One eye sees, the other feels .” . The Early years. Paul Klee was born in Münchenbuchsee , Switzerland in 1879. His father, Hans Klee, was a music teacher, and mother, Ida Frick, had trained to be a singer. Paul was the second of two children.
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Master Expressionist Paul Klee “One eye sees, the other feels.”
The Early years Paul Klee was born in Münchenbuchsee, Switzerland in 1879. His father, Hans Klee, was a music teacher, and mother, Ida Frick, had trained to be a singer. Paul was the second of two children. Paul took an interest in music and drawing at a young age. By the age of seven he was playing the violin, and at age eight he was given a box of sidewalk chalk by his grandmother. In the beginning his parents encouraged the development of his musical skills, though in his teen years he decided to focus on becoming an artist.
What is Expressionism? Expressionism was a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas. Expressionist artists sought to express meaning or emotional experience rather than physical reality. Example; “not here is a painting of a tree, but how does looking at this tree feel?”
Rising Sun (1907) Klee traveled to Italy in 1901, after receiving his Fine Arts degree. While there he studied the master painters of past centuries. The colors of Italy excited him, though he recognized that a long struggle was in store for him in understanding how to use coloring in his art. By 1905 Klee was developing experimental art techniques, and beginning to exhibit his works. Though very interested in his art, Klee was still dividing his time between his art, music, and writing concert and theater reviews.
senecio-1922 Completed in 1922, Senecio is a manifestation of Paul’s sense of humor and African culture. The simple colors and shapes, Paul makes use of various shades of orange, red, and yellow to reveal portrait of an old man. Artistic use of shapes gives the false impression that one eye browse is raised. His left eye brow is represented by a triangle while the other one is made of a simple curved line. “Drawing is like taking a line for a walk”
Highway and Byways1929 Klee was one of the many modernist artists who wanted to practice what he called "the pure cultivation of the means" of painting—in other words, to use line, shape, and color for their own sake rather than to describe something visible.
Discovery of color Klee was known for the fantasy element portrayed in his art, which often including abstraction and nature symbols. Throughout his career, Klee felt that his weakness was lack of an understanding of color. It wasn’t until he visited Tunisia at age 34 that he felt that he could grasp the subject. He wrote of this experience: Castle and Sun 1928 “Colour has taken possession of me; no longer do I have to chase after it, I know that it has hold of me forever… Colour and I are one. I am a painter.”
Twittering Machine is a 1922 watercolor and pen and ink oil transfer on paper. Like other artworks by Klee, it blends biology and machinery, depicting a loosely sketched group of birds on a wire or branch connected to a hand-crank.. • Originally displayed in Germany, the image was declared "degenerate art” by Adolf Hitler in 1933 and sold to an art dealer in 1939, whence it made its way to New York. • One of the better known of more than 9,000 works produced by Klee (that’s a lot!) it is among the more famous images of the New York Museum of Modern Art. It has inspired several musical compositions andhas been a popular piece to hang in children's bedrooms. Twittering Machine (1922),
Red balloon (1922) The sharp lines, bright colors and geometric shapes give The Red Balloon a life of its own. The cubist technique executed by Paul Klee is unmistakable in its implementation. The Red Balloon is a display of abstract style and structure, while its whimsical images seem to amuse its viewer. Fun Fact: Klee wrote with his right but drew with his left!
Cat & bird (1928) An oil and ink on canvas, Cat and Bird, painted in 1928, is an animal painting in the Expressionism style. The cat appears to be “all head,” and the bird, on cat’s forehead, is symbolic of what the cat is thinking. Flying in the cat’s mind, the bird is a “secret” made visible to others. The cat’s red nose is tipped with a heart, symbolizing his “heart’s desire.”
InsulaDulcamara1938 Paul Klee was one of the most prolific and innovative artists of the modernist era. His work influenced Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollack, and Keith Haring. As Roberta Smith said “there is no end to looking at Klee”
