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Tuesday 13 May 2014

Edward Hopper Paintings And Paul Klee Paintings

By Darren Hartley


Edward Hopper paintings struggled for recognition in the 1910s. They were exhibited in a variety of New York group shows, primarily the painting titled Sailing. Paintings done in the medium of etching brought immediate sales success.

A symbolic milestone for etched Edward Hopper paintings was their exhibition in the Whitney Studio Club in 1920. Although none of the 16 paintings was sold, it was the first one-man exhibition for Edward, who was at the time thirty-seven years of age. His patron done was in the person of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney.

A few year later, Edward held his second one-man exhibition at the Frank K.M. Rehn Gallery in New York. It was a complete reversal of fortune compared to his first exhibit. Each one of the Edward Hopper paintings presented in the exhibit was sold. Suddenly, Edward was in a more prosperous and prominent position as an artist.

Paul Klee was one of the leading forces in many of the various art movements he participated in during the course of his career. Paul Klee paintings come in the forms of expressionism, cubism and surrealism, among others. Paul also worked as an art instructor during the later part of his illustrious career.

It was early on during his teen years that Paul shifted his attention from music to the visual art forms. He developed a unique art style by 1905, where he drew with a needle on a blackened pane of glass, creating magnificent depth and texture for his designed pieces. Paul Klee paintings of 1903-1905 took the form of a set of etchings, entitled Inventions, which became the source for his first exhibit.

Paul Klee paintings progressed to new art forms in the next five years. Paul began to delve on experimentations, in general, as well as water colors. Paul started working on abstract art in 1914, after being inspired by light exhibits he witnessed in Tunisia.




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