„L'arte non deve riprodurre il visibile, ma renderlo visibile.“
Origine: Citato in Focus, n. 60, p. 185
Frasi di Paul Klee
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Paul Klee
Data di nascita: 18. Dicembre 1879
Data di morte: 29. Giugno 1940
Ernst Paul Klee è stato un pittore svizzero di padre tedesco e madre svizzera, il primo musicista e la seconda cantante.
Figura eminente dell'arte del XX secolo, nel periodo della sua formazione Paul Klee si occupò di musica, poesia, pittura, scegliendo infine quest'ultima forma di espressione come ambito privilegiato e dando così inizio ad una tra le più alte e feconde esperienze artistiche del Novecento. Si mantenne comunque anche con i proventi derivati dalla sua attività di strumentista presso l'Orchestra di Berna.
Esponente dell'astrattismo, considerava l'arte un discorso sulla realtà e non una sua semplice riproduzione. Nelle sue opere la realtà è quindi rarefatta, resa essenziale, talvolta ridotta a semplici linee o campiture colorate. La sua inesausta ricerca si manifesta anche attraverso la scelta dei supporti, che vanno dalla tradizionale tela alla carta di giornale, alla juta, a cartoncini di ogni qualità e spessore. Wikipedia
Frasi Paul Klee
„L'occhio segue le vie che nell'opera gli sono state disposte.“
Origine: Da Pädagogisches skizzenbuch
Origine: Da Diari, Laqueur, pp. 217-218
„Nessuno si riconosce in noi e noi siamo avulsi da tutti.“
Origine: Da Sull'arte moderna, Laqueur, p. 218
Quote (1908), # 831, in The Diaries of Paul Klee; University of California Press, 1964; as quoted by Francesco Mazzaferro, in 'The Diaries of Paul Klee - Part Three' : Klee as a Secessionist and a Neo-Impressionist Artist http://letteraturaartistica.blogspot.nl/2015/05/paul-klee-ev.html
1903 - 1910
Diary entry (1913), # 944; as quoted by Francesco Mazzaferro, in 'The Diaries of Paul Klee - Part Four', : Klee as an Expressionist and Constructivist Painter http://letteraturaartistica.blogspot.nl/2015/05/paul-klee-ev27.html
1911 - 1914
„Art does not reproduce what we see. It makes us see.“
Section I
(de) Kunst gibt nicht das Sichtbare wieder, sondern macht sichtbar.
1916 - 1920, Creative Credo (1920)
Variante: Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible.
Section V
1916 - 1920, Creative Credo (1920)
Contesto: Formerly we used to represent things visible on earth, things we either liked to look at or would have liked to see. Today we reveal the reality that is behind visible things, thus expressing the belief that the visible world is merely an isolated case in relation to the universe and that there are many more other, latent realities. Things appear to assume a broader and more diversified meaning, often seemingly contradicting the rational experience of yesterday. There is a striving to emphasize the essential character of the accidental.
Diary entry (Munich, 1901), # 136, in The Diaries of Paul Klee, 1898-1918; University of California Press, 1968, p. 48
1895 - 1902
„The main thing now is not to paint precociously but to be, or at least become, an individual.“
Diary entry (3 June 1902), # 411, in The Diaries of Paul Klee, 1898-1918; University of California Press, 1968
1895 - 1902
Contesto: The main thing now is not to paint precociously but to be, or at least become, an individual. The art of mastering life is the prerequisite for all further forms of expression, whether they are paintings, sculptures, tragedies, or musical compositions.
„Nature can afford to be prodigal in everything, the artist must be frugal down to the last detail.“
Diary entry (Munich, 1909), # 857, in The Diaries of Paul Klee, 1898-1918; University of California Press, 1968, p. 236
1903 - 1910
Contesto: Nature can afford to be prodigal in everything, the artist must be frugal down to the last detail.
Nature is garrulous to the point of confusion, let the artist be truly taciturn.
Quote (1908), # 816, in The Diaries of Paul Klee; University of California Press, 1964; as quoted by Francesco Mazzaferro, in 'The Diaries of Paul Klee - Part Three' : Klee as a Secessionist and a Neo-Impressionist Artist http://letteraturaartistica.blogspot.nl/2015/05/paul-klee-ev.html
1903 - 1910
„The eye travels along the paths cut out for it in the work.“
I.13 Productive | Receptive, p. 33
1921 - 1930, Pedagogical Sketch Book, (1925)
Quote (1916), # 1008, in The Diaries of Paul Klee, translation: Pierre B. Schneider, R. Y. Zachary and Max Knight; publisher, University of California Press, 1964
1916 - 1920
Quote (June 1902), as cited in Artists on Art, from the 14th – 20th centuries, ed. Robert Goldwater and Marco Treves; Pantheon Books, 1972, London, p. 443
1895 - 1902
quote of Paul Klee from the text Exact experiments in the realm of art, 1928; as quoted in 'Klee & Kandinsky', 2015 exhibition text, Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau Munich, 2015-2016 https://www.zpk.org/en/exhibitions/review_0/2015/klee-kandinsky-969.html
1921 - 1930
