The cylinders and cones in this composition give a movement that implies a 3D space or depth that recedes into the picture – this dynamic structure is very similar to what will later be known as Vorticism and also echoes much Futurist art as well as Orphism. The ‘earth-tone’ palette and ‘reductionist’ approach of this abstract echoes some of Cezanne’s landscape works. Klee survived the First World War and was hugely influential between the wars. He taught at the Bauhaus and innovated many drawing techniques that are widely used to this day…
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Thematic essay about Paul Klee at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Timeline pages
Click image above for reviews or to buy this book about Paul Klee, focussing on the period leading up to and during which he taught at the Bauhaus...
