Monday, March 30, 2015

Explore The Colorful Art And Unique Individual That Is Paul Klee

By Lena Stephenson


Of the painters and student artists who taught at the Bauhaus school in Germany, there are several who stand out. Known for contributing written works which interpreted and influenced modern art, these are the gifted. These highly talented individuals have so changed the nature of the way people think about art that their names become synonymous with specific techniques, styles or ways of living with the arts.

One person, known for exceptional technical skills and the ability to lecture so others learned well, captured an essential part of the modern art world focus. This is Swiss born Paul Klee. His work with color theory is known through the lectures he gave called Writings on Form and Design Theory.

Throughout many years of his life, he kept detailed diaries about his personal thoughts as well as his writings about art in his notebooks. He was born in Switzerland, in the part known as German rather than French. His parents had met at the Stuttgart Conservatory, and both were talented musicians. For this reason, he learned how to play violin, which he played for his entire lifetime. He often compared thematic material from music with similar ideas in the visual arts. It is his ability to synthesize ideas from both to create a cohesive overlap that contributes to his unique position as artist and teacher in the modern art world.

Educated at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, he spent with detailed drawings. At first, he did not use color much, and thought he might never paint well. Known for drinking and affairs, pubs were his homes. An unfortunate liaison resulted in a child that died quite soon after it was born.

Expressive color filled his works. His art was created with childlike strokes. He often chose to paint on found materials, simply to break away from traditional paper and canvas. His students knew his ability to compare and contrast themes from literature, music and the visual arts. He believed these were challenging pursuits. His work with intense color palettes was often combined with his own abstract language of symbols. He used a wide variety of them to indicate things important to him, but was unconcerned about how others interpreted what he painted.

He had a philosophical view of the universe that led him to believe that other worlds existed outside of our own. He often painted to depict other times and places not seen. He painted to release fantasy and imagination into our world, as if these things had an essence which could be captured in painting.

Because his artwork is seen by educators and critics alike as being not tied to any one school or discipline, they do not try to categorize it. Rather, they write about his spontaneity, bold breaking of traditional rules and how many styles influenced him. His rebelliousness resulted in highly colorful paintings with larger than life patterns and designs.

A pleasant way to get to know him is to read his four very personal diaries. His sketchbook is a best practices tutorial. He was completely a man of the humanities.




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