Baum und Architektur-Rhythmen (Tree and Architecture--Rhythms)

1920

Paul Klee

Associated Names
Paul Klee

Artist, Swiss, 1879 - 1940

This painting shows an abstract composition with soft, overlapping shapes in pastel colors. Curved lines and irregular forms dominate the scene, with some shapes resembling branches or leaves. Grid-like structures and squares that look like a patchwork quilt are also present. The soft colors are in shades of pale green, purple, blue, pink, yellow, peach, and gray, with small cream-colored circles dotting the painting.
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Artwork overview

Associated Artworks

This painting displays intersecting lines and block shapes creating an abstract scene. Rectangular grids and curved lines evoke buildings or architectural structures, with two tall shapes on the left and right appearing like tall towers or walls with pointed roofs, and a shape in the center looking like an arch or an opening across a pathway or bridge. These shapes have been painted with black outlines, but within those outlines and overlapping with them are circles of bright green, yellow, pink, red, and dark blue, with some white between the circles. The paint has been applied thickly, with wide, visible brushstrokes.

Baum und Architektur--Rhythmen (Tree and Architecture--Rhythms)

Paul Klee

1920

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Benjamin and Lilian Hertzberg, New York; gift to NGA, 2004.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1956

  • Paul Klee, Berner Kunstmuseum, 1956, no. 441.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 1920/202 Baum- und Architektur=Rhythmen

Wikidata ID

Q64619072

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