Ten Americans
Subtitle: after Paul Klee
By: essays by Fabienne Eggelhöfer and Elsa Smithgall ; with contributions by Katy Siegel, Elke Seibert, and Kai-Inga Dost
Contributors: Klee, Paul, 1879-1940; Zentrum Paul Klee; Phillips Collection
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9783791356655; 9783791367743
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: American Art; American Painting; Modern Art; Influence; Exhibitions
Other titles: 10 Americans :; After Paul Klee
Description: Critics have traditionally confined Paul Klee's contribution to American art as one of "spirit," and limited to the works of the New York School and other Abstract Expressionist painters. In fact, Klee's influence on American art is more expansive, as illustrated in this study of ten artists who, through their use of automatic drawing, color field painting, symbols, and pictographs, reveal how Klee's theories and artistic methods contributed to the history of post-war American art. The ten artists explored include familiar names, such as Jackson Pollock, Robert Motherwell, Mark Tobey, Gene Davis, and Kenneth Noland, as well as lesser-known artists William Baziotes, Norman Lewis, Theodore Stamos, and Bradley Walker Tomlin. The richly-illustrated book features essays exploring Klee's legacy among various schools of American art and a chronology illustrates where and how American artists learned about Klee. It also includes a profile of each artist and their connections to Klee, followed by exquisite reproductions of their works.
Notes: "William Baziotes, Gene Davis, Adolph Gottlieb, Norman Lewis, Robert Motherwell, Kenneth Noland, Jackson Pollock, Theodoros Stamos, Mark Tobey, Bradley Walker Tomlin, and Paul Klee"--Page preceding title page.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland, 15 September 2017-7 January 2018, and at The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, 3 February-6 May 2018.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-233).

Translated from the German.