FD199800001000_981221_001T, 1998/12/21撮影, Public Domain

Dance of the Moth

Title	Dance of the Moth
Artist	パウル・クレー　Paul KLEE
Date	1923
Medium	oil transfer drawing with pencil and watercolor on paper/watercolor, pen, and gouache mounted on card
Dimensions	51.5×32.5
Classification	Watercolors and Drawings
Accession Number	FD199800001000
Summary	The part that touches the "ground" is made up of a free-hand drawn lattice work, and on the outer edges in the two centers above and below, there is a stepped change of colors from navy to flesh color. There the bent back chest is pierced by an arrow, as the anthropomorphic moth form, somehow rapturous, has been depicted as an "image" in an oil transfer drawing. This method created by Klee reverses a sheet of transfer paper coated in oil paint, and then working from the back of the paper, presses the lines of the original drawing sharply with a stylus, and through the pressure of the hand, transfer the drawn lines onto another page. The stillness and light sense of the transferred lines, the blurring that emerges around the lines all give a sense of the shuddering of space, the slippage of time. The moth's rising feel and the seemingly balanced lines become downward pointing arrows, hanging the rhythm in the warped lattice. Thus Klee makes abstract thoughts on both movement and statis coexist in a single, at first glance, seemingly poetic painting.

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Native place	Münchenbuchsee, CHE
Birth	1879
Dead place	Muralto, CHE
Died	1940
Biography	Born in Müchenbuchsee on the outskirts of Berne, Switzerland. Studied at an art academy in Munich, and then traveled to Italy. After returning to Switzerland, moved once again to Munich. Starting in 1911 became a friend of the Blaue Reiter artists, such as Kandinsky. In 1914, traveled to Tunisia with August Macke and others, and was enthralled by the unique colors of North Africa. From that time on, colors became an important formal subject of Klee's work. Served in the German Army during World War I, and then almost immediately after the war, in 1921 was invited by Gropius to become a Meister at the Bauhaus school for comprehensive formal arts. Later taught at Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf. In 1931 was suddenly fired from his job with the rise of the Nazis, and in 1933 retired to Berne. Suffered from major illnesses during his later years, and left over 9,000 works created throughout his life. Died in Muralto near Locarno. Also extremely interested in music and poetry, and his creative realm was richly poetic, as seen in his literary titles for his works, his formal presentation of musical terms and his use of theatrical works as his subject matter.

Dance of the Moth

Paul KLEE