Post on 14-Dec-2015
Slab ConstructionInspired by Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee
Born in 1866 in Moscow, Kandinsky learned to play piano and cello. He studied Law and became a professor of law. When he was 30 he decided to study art and moved to Munich, Germany. This decision was due to seeing an exhibition of French Impressionist painters (such as the paintings on right) and hearing a performance of the composer Wagner.
Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)
Haystacks (Effect of Snow and Sun), 1891
Oil on canvas
Claude Monet
Haystacks, (Midday), 1890-91
KandinskyHouses in Murnau on Obermarkt, 1908Oil on cardboard
Wassily Kandinsky
Wassily Kandinsky - Horizontale, 1924
He is credited with creating the first truly abstract painting.
He formed an Expressionist group called the Blue Rider. This group believed in an abstract
style of painting based on the inner properties of color and form.
He taught at the Bauhaus in Germany (a famous design school for combining crafts and fine
art). This school was closed by the Nazis in 1932, which led him to move to Paris.
He wrote about his theories in his book Concerning the Spiritual in Art published in 1912.http://www.wassilykandinsky.net/
Yellow, Red, Blue, 1925 Wassily Kandinsky
Kandinsky - Structure Joyeuse (Merry Structure), 1926
Kandinsky often related the painting of colors and pictures on a canvas to the composition
of beautiful music, and as such, named many of his paintings variants of Composition.
They were carefully arranged musical elements, precisely proportioned to evoke the
maximum aesthetic and emotional response from the viewer. He believed that the marks
and color made from the heart of the artist should speak to the soul of the viewer.
Wassily Kandinsky (Mit Und Gegen), 1929Translation into English: and with opposition
Fixed, 1935 by Wassily Kandinsky
His art from 1934-1944 he often called “a picturesque fairy tale."
Paul Klee Klee is another artist who was interested in art that had a musicality to it. His work was often child-like and very playful. In 1911 he joined
Kandinsky’s Blue Rider group of artists. He also taught at the Bauhaus.
Paul Klee (1879‑1940)
They're Biting
1920
Watercolour and oil paint on paper
Castle and Sun by Paul Klee1928oil on canvas
Paul Klee1921Watercolor and oil on canvas18.9 x 12.2 in
Paul Klee, Three Houses and a Bridge, 1922
Objectives
• Analyze the elements of design used in Wassily Kandinsky's and Paul
Klee’s paintings. Compare musical terms with what you see in the
paintings.
• Synthesize the elements into a three-dimensional form. In other words,
design a slab vessel using non-objective elements as seen in the work
of Wassily Kandinsky or Paul Klee.
• Works may be functional or non-functional.
• Think of your slab vessel as a three dimensional manifestation of a
musical composition using non-representational symbols. The work may
be geometric, organic, or a combination of both.
• The work is to be freestanding, balanced, and in harmony with the
elements (color, form, shape, line) used.
Tom HuckUntitled1988Clay20th Century11 3/4 in. x 11 3/4 in. x 4 in. (29.85 cm x 29.85 cm x 10.16 cm)
Student Examples
http://www.wassilykandinsky.net/
http://www.wassilykandinsky.net/fblikes.php
http://www.wassily-kandinsky.org/
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/paul-klee-1417
http://totallyhistory.com/paul-klee-paintings/