Kleines Blumenstilleben
Paul Klee
1926
- YEAR:1926
- MEDIUM:Oil and gouache on board
- DIMENSIONS:33.5 × 19.8 cm
Introduction
As one of the great masters of modern art characterized by the most varied stylistic language, Paul Klee had been interested in nature since his childhood, and plants always played an important theme in his works. In the 1920s, while teaching at the Bauhaus in Germany, Klee became known for his whimsical use of geometric shapes, and he developed a unique style that oscillated between abstraction and figuration as well as between narrative association and symbolism. Kleines Blumenstilleben is a concentrated manifestation of Klee’s artistic experimentation at this stage, in which he associated the dynamic growing process of plants with basic geometric shapes. The figurative image has already disappeared from the picture, bringing forth Klee’s allegorical perception of reality.
