The Diaries of Paul Klee, 1898-1918

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the 1903 etching Zwei Männer, einander in höherer Stellung vermutend (Two Men, Supposing the Other to be in a Higher Position), depicts two naked men, presumably emperor Wilhelm II and Franz Joseph I of Austria, recognizable by their hairstyle and beards. He wrote, "Color has taken possession of me; no longer do I have to chase after it, I know that it has hold of me forever. Although his rejection by Germany had been a significant emotional blow, it was the physical suffering caused by his illness that led him, at the end of his life, to show compassion toward the suffering of other individuals.

Rawsthorn and Antonelli tell the stories of the remarkable designers, architects, engineers, artists, scientists, and activists who are at the forefront of positive change worldwide.For those of us who have long admired this painter but were not fluent enough to read his diaries in German, the present publication comes as a windfall. Actually, the main thing now is not to paint precociously b to be or, at least, to become an individual.

Paul Klee began keeping a diary in 1898, when he was 19, and he gave a date and number to each entry (i.In autumn he made an acquaintance with August Macke and Wassily Kandinsky, and in winter he joined the editorial team of the almanac Der Blaue Reiter, founded by Franz Marc and Kandinsky. By 1905, he was developing some experimental techniques, including drawing with a needle on a blackened pane of glass, resulting in fifty-seven works including his Portrait of My Father (1906). At a second analyse one can discover a technique, which takes as a basis a large maturity in thinking. A fantastic read for an enthusiast art lover / historian from lost of angles: How Europe was shaping up in that period with the eyes of a student / artist / young person / adult; Klee's artistic and personal development with his own - sometimes harsh, honest and always entertaining - words.

Swiss law determined citizenship along paternal lines, and thus Paul inherited his father's German citizenship. His travels to Paris in 1912 also exposed him to the ferment of Cubism and the pioneering examples of "pure painting", an early term for abstract art. Schools in Gersthofen, Lübeck; Klein-Winternheim, Overath; his place of birth Münchenbuchsee and Düsseldorf bear his name. And while Klee's method is deeply personal, in the context of the fundamentally multivocal Bauhaus, his individual approach to abstract form is typical in its idiosyncrasy. Herein lies their real significance, particularly for an audience unaware that Klee's art has political dimensions.

Whereupon Breton, as Joan Miró remembers, was critical of Klee: "Masson and I have both discovered Paul Klee. Combining art, design, history, and quantitative analysis, transforms data sets into stunning artworks that underscore his positive view of human progress, inspiring us to think about the future with much-needed hope. During these times of youthful adventure, Klee spent much time in pubs and had affairs with lower-class women and artists' models. Sakanaction: "Klee" (2010), from the album Kikuuiki; a song envisioned as a dialogue with Klee's paintings. Influenced by his trip to Egypt from 1928 to 1929, Klee built a color field from individually stamped dots, surrounded by similarly stamped lines, which results in a pyramid.