| Description |
256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm |
| Note |
Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Tate Modern, London, Oct. 16, 2013-Mar. 9, 2014. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-245) and index. |
| Contents |
"Carefully ordered confusion" / Matthew Gale -- 1879-1914. An art of privacy? Wilhelm Hausenstein on Paul Klee / Annie Bourneuf ; Galerie Neue Kunst Hans Goltz, Munich, 17 May-June 1920 / Matthew Gale -- 1915-1920. Ambitions, anxieties and attainments : Paul Klee and the Bauhaus / Anja Baumhoff ; Kronprinzenpalais, Nationalgalerie Berlin, February 1923 / Matthew Gale -- 1921-1924. Square, fish / Matthew Gale ; Museum of Modern Art, New York, 13 March-2 April 1930 / Matthew Gale -- 1925-1930. "The peaceful character of compromise" : Paul Klee's "so-called pointillism" / Flavia Frigeri ; Kunsthalle Bern, 23 February-24 March 1935 / Matthew Gale -- 1931-1935. Work processes and retrospection / Michael Baumgartner ; Kunsthaus Zürich, 16 February-25 March 1940 / Bettina Kaufmann -- 1936-1940. |
| Summary |
Swiss-born artist Paul Klee (1879-1940) created some of the most innovative and best-loved works of the twentieth century. He combined the machine aesthetic of modernism with lyrical, organic elements, arriving at a visual language entirely his own. Although he moved freely between media and from figuration to abstraction, Klee's works remain instantly recognisable, often characterised by a playfulness and wit that can sharpen to biting satire on occasion. This book surveys Klee's entire career, particularly his role as recordkeeper of his work and the way this influenced the way his work was then exhibited. Featuring his best-known paintings reproduced in their full colourful complexity, the book focuses on Klee's major exhibitions during his lifetime. placing his output in the context of the period in which he lived, revealing an anxious artist who, despite his quirky lyricism, was troubled by the challenges of the modern world. |
| Subject |
Klee, Paul, 1879-1940 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Klee, Paul, 1879-1940. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Klee, Paul, 1879-1940 -- Exhibitions.
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Painting, German. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
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Exhibition catalogs.
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| Added Author |
Gale, Matthew, editor.
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Klee, Paul, 1879-1940.
Works. Selections.
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Tate Modern (Gallery), host institution.
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| Added Title |
Paul Klee : making visible |
| ISBN |
0500239150 (hardcocver) |
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9780500239155 (hardcocver) |
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