Paul Klee's Nature Of Creation

The Meaning of Abstraction: Paul Klee and his Nature of Creation

Before reading into the Bauhaus, I used to think the term abstraction in art took the meaning of freedom from representational qualities. I thought this meant that art could be anything – I did not think that there was a literal meaning behind every movement and paint stroke that went along into its work. One could argue that this is true, and that there is no science behind this kind of art. Abstract art is simple, and in one’s opinion, it seems to be that not everyone needs to have full “artistic” ability. However that is what defines the mediocre between the great; when you realize that abstraction has meaning, because it is not about how the art happens to be, but why it is. In this way, Paul Klee is a man of importance.

As one of the ‘old masters’ from the Bauhaus era, Paul Klee’s artwork still seems as modern as ever, unlike most of the artists of his time. Many artists from our contemporaries find parallels in Klee’s work. Today, Klee’s work lives on, because the importance of his work is acknowledged by the generations to come after him. Because of the accuracy of his pure art, Klee’s order in his fundamentals of his ideology is visible. This visibility is read and interpreted by many.

Klee’s ways of thinking is present in his Pedagogical

“Art does not reproduce the visible, but makes visible (Franciscono, p13),” and it makes one aware of those things, which are basic, elemental and universal, and exists in a state of change around us. In everyday language of abstraction refers to the process by which one draws a generalized notion or formula from real experience. Abstract art is accompanied by conceptual images from natures which starts with the elements of lines, color, and forms. Klee’s main emphasis was to make sure these elements demonstrate once their task in a pictorial