Paul Klee
Subtitle: construction of mystery
By: editor, Oliver Kase ; with contributions from Régine Bonnefoit [and eleven others] ; translations from German, Orla Ambrose [and three others]
Contributors: Kase, Oliver, editor; Bonnefoit, Régine, writer of added commentary; Pinakothek der Moderne (Munich, Germany)
Publisher: Hirmer
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Munich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 455
ISBN-13: 9783777429724
Subjects: Exhibitions
Other titles: Construction of mystery
Description: The works of Paul Klee (1879-1940) charm the viewer with their inventiveness, delight in experimentation, subtle humour and brilliant colour schemes. He contrasts the technical and rational tendencies of the 1920s with the significance of playfulness, intuition and artistic genius. Subdivided according to pictorial subjects of transcendental longing like ladders, mountains and stars as well as Bauhaus aspects of architecture and construction of space, the lavishly illustrated volume covering the period from 1905 until 1940 draws an impressive picture of Klee as an original ?thinking artist? who confronts the challenges facing man in the modern age and brilliantly permits rational methods of picture construction to be transformed into the open and mysterious. Exhibition: Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany (01.03. - 10.06.2018).
Notes: Catalog of the exhibition "Paul Klee. Konstruktion des Geheimnisses" held at Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Pinakothek der Moderne, March 1 - June 10, 2018.

Includes bibliographical references.