Ancient Harmony - Paul Klee
Paul Klee's Ancient Harmony takes up the main artistic concepts of his work. The polychromatic structure with its rhythmic geometrical forms, the color fields and the tapestries are a setting for a unique symbolism. In this work, the artist seeks a balance between contemporary dogmas and his own intuitive approach.
The artwork in a nutshell
Paul Klee's Ancient Harmony takes up the main artistic concepts of his work. The polychromatic structure with its rhythmic geometrical forms, the color fields and the tapestries are a setting for a unique symbolism. In this work, the artist seeks a balance between contemporary dogmas and his own intuitive approach.
The artist
Born in Münchenbuchsee, Switzerland, Paul Klee (1879 - 1940) first tried his hand at music, his first vocation. He then turned to painting in 1898, when he began studying art in Munich, a city strongly influenced by post-impressionism. At the same time, he discovered the paintings of Cézanne and Van Gogh. In 1910, he joined the "Blaue Reiter" group, whose members were followers of modern abstract trends, to exhibit his works. Shortly before the First World War, he went to Tunisia and painted numerous watercolors, marked by the local colors. After the war, he was hired as an art teacher at the Bauhaus in Germany, but his work was decried by the Nazis. Seventeen of his paintings were shown in Munich in an exhibition called "Degenerate Art", aimed at discrediting unconventional artists.
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