Klee and Kandinsky Neighbors, Friends, Rivals
Klee and Kandinsky Neighbors, Friends, Rivals
- ISBN 13:
9783791354804
- ISBN 10:
3791354809
- Format: Hardcover
- Copyright: 07/16/2015
- Publisher: Prestel
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Summary
Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky, two of the most influential figures in the modernist movement, are the subject of this illuminating book that opens a dialogue between their work, friendship, and influence on each other. Klee and Kandinsky were towering figures of the modernist movement and were close, both as friends and artists. For a time
they lived next door to one another, and exchanged their artistic
ideas on a daily basis. This unique book explores their 30-year
relationship, from the time of the Blue Rider group around 1912,
to the Bauhaus years in Weimar and Dessau until the late 1930s.
With the culture of the Weimar Republic as a backdrop, this book
traces the eventful history of an artistic friendship. Kandinsky’s
idealism is juxtaposed with Klee’s irony, and we learn that their
relationship was characterized in equal measure by friendship
and competitiveness, mutual influence and the need to establish
distance. The focus is on the artistic dialogue they enacted
through their art. They were joined by an aspiration to spiritualize
art and explore its intrinsic laws. At the same time, Kandinsky’s
commitment to abstraction contrasted strongly with Klee’s
allegiance to natural models.
they lived next door to one another, and exchanged their artistic
ideas on a daily basis. This unique book explores their 30-year
relationship, from the time of the Blue Rider group around 1912,
to the Bauhaus years in Weimar and Dessau until the late 1930s.
With the culture of the Weimar Republic as a backdrop, this book
traces the eventful history of an artistic friendship. Kandinsky’s
idealism is juxtaposed with Klee’s irony, and we learn that their
relationship was characterized in equal measure by friendship
and competitiveness, mutual influence and the need to establish
distance. The focus is on the artistic dialogue they enacted
through their art. They were joined by an aspiration to spiritualize
art and explore its intrinsic laws. At the same time, Kandinsky’s
commitment to abstraction contrasted strongly with Klee’s
allegiance to natural models.