The Diaries of Paul Klee

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Art/Literature
The Diaries of
Paul Klee
1898-1918
This English translation of the four diaries that Klee kept from his nineteenth to his fortieth year provides a miraculous reflection of the individual world of one of the most important artists of the twentieth century. The content of these intimate diaries, which were not originally intended for publication, is extremely varied: his recollections of his childhood in Switzerland; his relations with his family and such friends as Kandinsky, Marc, and Macke; his observations on nature and people; his trips to Italy and Tunisia; his wartime service in the German army; his crucial experiences with literature and music; and his opinions and insights into his techniques and philosophy of painting and the creative process in general.
"Unlike most artists, Klee was an excellent writer. Between his 19th and 40th years he wrote of the persons and ideas that influenced the development of his artistic imagination-which... Tovább

Fülszöveg

>11' II' I - II
Art/Literature
The Diaries of
Paul Klee
1898-1918
This English translation of the four diaries that Klee kept from his nineteenth to his fortieth year provides a miraculous reflection of the individual world of one of the most important artists of the twentieth century. The content of these intimate diaries, which were not originally intended for publication, is extremely varied: his recollections of his childhood in Switzerland; his relations with his family and such friends as Kandinsky, Marc, and Macke; his observations on nature and people; his trips to Italy and Tunisia; his wartime service in the German army; his crucial experiences with literature and music; and his opinions and insights into his techniques and philosophy of painting and the creative process in general.
"Unlike most artists, Klee was an excellent writer. Between his 19th and 40th years he wrote of the persons and ideas that influenced the development of his artistic imagination-which has been called 'the most fertile in 20tii-oentury art.' The Diaries of Paul Klee are incisive, warm and provocative."-The New York Times Book Review
. " a remarkable book For those of us who have long admired this painter but were not fluent enough to read his diaries in German, the present publication comes as a windfall. It demonstrates how closely the artist, the writer, and the man were enmeshed."—Katharine Kuh, The Saturday Review
" 'I am abstract with memories,' was Paul Klee's artistic credo. . . . Now fully published In English as edited by his son, Klee's diaries sketch the memories that his art made abstract."-Time IVIagazine
"The Djaries record . . . [Klee's] remarkable developcnent In intimate detail; they have aphoristic bite, a lean sensuoslty, and frequently an indisputable candor."-Virginia Kirkus Service
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