Angel, Still Groping
| Angel, Still Groping | |
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| Artist | Paul Klee |
| Year | 1939 |
| Type | Watercolor on paper |
| Dimensions | 29.4 cm × 20.8 cm (11.6 in × 8.2 in) |
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Angel, Still Groping is a watercolor on paper painting by Swiss-German painter Paul Klee, from 1939. It is held at the Zentrum Paul Klee, in Bern.[1]
History and description
Klee, after his dismissal in Germany as a professor, and being labeled as a “degenerate artist” following the Nazi takeover, in 1933, settled in Switzerland, his country of birth. He was also diagnosed with an incurable disease. In his final years, Klee painted 28 paintings of angels, in 1939, and another four in 1940, the year of his death. His angels are depicted with childish humour, and are not transcendent mystical beings.[2][3]
Klee's angel in this painting has a childish appearance, still groping, with blond hair, large blue eyes, and a red mouth, and is tilted down to the right of the painting. The outstretched arm of the angel, with three fingers and his thumb pointing forward, divides the image into a light upper and dark lower half.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ Roland Doschka, Paul Klee – Zwischen Himmel und Erde – Bilderwelten von Paul Klee, Catalog for the exhibition in the Stadtmuseum Lindau, 2017, p. 135 (German)
- ↑ Roland Doschka, Paul Klee – Zwischen Himmel und Erde – Bilderwelten von Paul Klee, Catalog for the exhibition in the Stadtmuseum Lindau, 2017, p. 135 (German)
- ↑ Ausstellungseröffnung «Die Engel von Klee, Zentrum Paul Klee
- ↑ Roland Doschka, Paul Klee – Zwischen Himmel und Erde – Bilderwelten von Paul Klee, Catalog for the exhibition in the Stadtmuseum Lindau, 2017, p. 136 (German)
External links
Media related to Angel Still Groping by Paul Klee at Wikimedia Commons