Artwork from the JSP Estate/Private Collection
Nationality
Swiss
Artist Dates
1879-1940
Title of Work
Around the Fish
Preview
Date of Work
1944
Medium
Silkscreen on board
Signature
Upper left
Height
18 1/2"
Width
25 1/4"
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection: James Smith Pierce Collection
Status
Stored: FF_008_B
Location
UND Art Collections Repository
Artist Bio
Paul Klee was born in Münchenbuchsee, Switzerland in 1879. As a child, he studied music and showed great skill as a violinist. In his teen years, his focus shifted to visual art and, in 1898, Klee moved to Munich, Germany to study at the Academy of Fine Arts. He is best known for his exploration color theory, teaching at Bauhaus, and his involvement in the artist group the Blue Rider with Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky. Klee's brightly colored works are influenced by the art movements of Cubism, Expressionism and Surrealism. Paul Klee's work can be found in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Phillips Collection, the Franz Marc Museum and several other collections internationally.
Additional Information
Original painting by Klee (tempera and oil, 1926) is at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. "Published by the Museum of Modern Art, New York in 1944" blindstamp lower left.
fish, plate, abstract, red, blue, yellow, green, shapes
Condition
Very good