Paul Klee: Vorhaben
Research: Britannica
Construction:
Paul Klee was a Swiss-German artist born near Bern, Switzerland on December 18, 1879. Both of his parents were musicians and at first, Klee wanted to become one himself. In his youth, he had a talent for drawing landscapes which likely inspired him to pursue art as a career. Once he graduated from secondary school, he he left for Munich, which was then the artistic capital of Germany, and enrolled in the private art school of Heinrich Knirr. He was later admitted to the Munich Academy, which was then taught by Franz von Stuck, one of the best painters in Munich. After this he went to Italy for 6 months to broaden his knowledge and understanding of art. Soon after returning home to Bern he created his first important works: Inventions. Which was a series of etchings inspired by Renaissance pieces and techniques. Klee married Lily Stumpf, a pianist in 1906 and soon moved together and settled in Munich so Klee could peruse his art career. he entered the circle of Der Blaue Reiter, an artists’ organization founded in Munich in 1911. He also came to know a wide variety of French Cubist paintings from Der Blaue Reiter exhibitions of 1911–12 and from a visit he made to Paris in 1912. He would primarily work with the Cubist art style for the rest of his artistic career. Until he died on June 29, 1940.
I chose this piece because it looked very interesting to be and I liked the abstract-looking shapes in it. When planning on how I was going to make this a 3d art piece, I first thought that I could use the wheel to make a vase and then glaze the shapes and colors on it. However that didn't really work out all too well because I'm not the best at throwing or glazing. And so I decided to make a slab and then score and slip the shapes coming up out of the piece. I did this because I was running out of time to finish my final and had to get it done quickly. So once it was greenware I underglazed the green and orange in a day but then my piece was accidentally put in the kiln before I had finished underglazing so I had to put the brown on after it was bisqueware.
Reflection:
I would say that overall, my piece turned out pretty well. Despite the circumstances and poor judgement of timing on my end the piece doesn't look too shabby. If I were to do anything differently I would use my time more wisely and start working on my final sooner than I did, as well as get better at glazing and throwing so I could follow through with my first plan. But all in all, it turned out fine.