The Angels of Paul Klee

Description

Paul Klee's angels are as precious artworks as gentle companions - here almost 50 images of his angels are gathered in a wonderful gift book. Paul Klee painted angels for his entire life and here the author Boris Friedewald describes their creation and their meaning in Klee's work, from the Christ child Paul Klee painted at the age of five, through cheerful and witty angels such as the "Forgetful Angel" up to the famous "Angelus Novus" who accompanied Walter Benjamin into exile and the "Doubting Angel" Paul Klee drew the year he died. Boris Friedewald's stimulating and easy to read text introduces us to the meaning of angels in Paul Klee's oeuvre and to the artist's biography. A wonderful book to give away or read on your own every now and then.

Boris Friedewald is a German author, dramatist and art historian. After graduating from the Rudolph Steiner school Bochum, Friedewald studied art history, theatre studies and education . After graduating with an MA Friedewald freelanced as a dramaturge for Achim Freyer among others, and founded the Freyer Ensemble. He worked temporarily as a teacher of art and theatre history in Berlin. Friedewald has published art history works on the Bauhaus and photography, and has produced several artist biographies. In 2013, he was a member of the Board of Trustees of the exhibition The Bauhaus in Calcutta. He lives and works in Berlin.