Nacido en 1912, en un pequeño pueblo de Wyoming, Jackson Pollock personificó el sueño norteamericano cuando su país enfrentaba las realidades de la era moderna que reemplazaba al siglo XIX. Pollock se marchó a la ciudad de Nueva York en busca de fama y fortuna. Gracias al Federal Art Project, logró rápidamente la aclamación del público y después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, se convir…
Paul Klee gehört zu den Künstlern, die sich nur schwerlich einer bestimmten kunstgeschichtlichen Bewegung zuordnen lassen. In engem Kontakt mit Wassily Kandinsky und Franz Marc gehörte er wie diese der expressionistischen Künstlergruppe Der Blaue Reiter an. Später knüpfte er Verbindungen zum Bauhaus und unterrichtete sogar Malerei an der Dessauer Schule. Seiner Ansicht nach ging es bei de…
Paul Klee (Munchenbuchsee, 1879 – Muralto, 1940) La réputation de Klee était celle d'un artiste introverti et rêveur. C'est une image qu'il cultivait en partie lui-même. En 1911, Klee fut présenté à August Macke. Peu après, il rencontra Marc et Kandinsky. Ils l'accueillirent dans le groupe exposant sous le nom de Blaue Reiter et il contribua à leur almanach. En avril 1912, Klee se re…
An emblematic figure of the early 20th century, Paul Klee participated in the expansive Avant-Garde movements in Germany and Switzerland. From the vibrant Blaue Reiter movement to Surrealism at the end of the 1930s and throughout his teaching years at the Bauhaus, he attempted to capture the organic and harmonic nature of painting by alluding to other artistic mediums such as poetry, literature…
Sargent was born in Florence, in 1856, the son of cultivated parents. When Sargent entered the school of Carolus-Duran he attained much more than the average pupils. His father was a retired Massachusetts gentleman, having practised medicine in Philadelphia. Sargent's home life was penetrated with refinement, and outside it were the beautiful influences of Florence, combining the charms of sky …
Paul Klee nació en 1879 en Münchenbuchsee, Suiza, y creció en una familia de músicos. En vez de seguir la tradición musical de la familia, decidió estudiar arte en la academia de Munich. Sin embargo, el amor que durante su niñez sintió por la música siempre fue parte importante en su vida y su obra. En 1911 Klee conoció a Alexei Javlensky, Vasily Kandinsky, August Macke, Franz Marc y …
Nacido en 1912, en un pequeño pueblo de Wyoming, Jackson Pollock personificó el sueño norteamericano cuando su país enfrentaba las realidades de la era moderna que reemplazaba al siglo XIX. Pollock se marchó a la ciudad de Nueva York en busca de fama y fortuna. Gracias al Federal Art Project, logró rápidamente la aclamación del público y después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, se convir…
An emblematic figure of the early 20th century, Paul Klee participated in the expansive Avant-Garde movements in Germany and Switzerland. From the vibrant Blaue Reiter movement to Surrealism at the end of the 1930s and throughout his teaching years at the Bauhaus, he attempted to capture the organic and harmonic nature of painting by alluding to other artistic mediums such as poetry, literature…
Born in 1912, in a small town in Wyoming, Jackson Pollock embodied the American dream as the country found itself confronted with the realities of a modern era replacing the fading nineteenth century. Pollock left home in search of fame and fortune in New York City. Thanks to the Federal Art Project he quickly won acclaim, and after the Second World War became the biggest art celebrity in Ameri…
Born in 1912, in a small town in Wyoming, Jackson Pollock embodied the American dream as the country found itself confronted with the realities of a modern era replacing the fading nineteenth century. Pollock left home in search of fame and fortune in New York City. Thanks to the Federal Art Project he quickly won acclaim, and after the Second World War became the biggest art celebrity in Ameri…