Paul Klee
Subtitle: making visible
By: [edited by Matthew Gale]
Contributors: Gale, Matthew, editor; Tate Modern (Gallery)
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780500239155
Subjects: Exhibitions; German Painting
Other titles: EY exhibition; Making visible
Description: 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.
Notes: Texts by Michael Baumgartner, Anja Baumhoff, Annie Bourneuf, Flavia Frigeri, Matthew Gale and Bettina Kaufmann.

"First published 2013 by order of the Tate Trustees by Tate Publishing ... London ... on the occasion of The EY Exhibition -- Paul Klee: Making Visible, Tate Modern, London, 16 October 2013 - 9 March 2014"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-245) and index.