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Erika Giovanna Klien BIOGRAPHY
1900 Borgo Valsugana, Italy - 1957 New York City. Known for: Abstract geometric and cubist painting, decorative arts, teaching.
Erika Giovanna Klien was born in 1900, at the dawn of the twentieth century, and was one of the leading figures of Viennese Kineticism, an important avant-garde movement that flourished in Vienna... Read full biography
Erika Giovanna Klien was born in 1900, at the dawn of the twentieth century, and was one of the leading figures of Viennese Kineticism, an important avant-garde movement that flourished in Vienna during the 1920s. Klien painted from a young age, but the decisive moment in her life came when she... Read full biography
Erika Giovanna Klien was born in 1900, at the dawn of the twentieth century, and was one of the leading figures of Viennese Kineticism, an important avant-garde movement that flourished in Vienna during the 1920s. Klien painted from a young age, but the decisive moment in her life came when she enrolled in Franz Cizek’s Ornamental Art class at the Vienna School of Applied Art in 1919. A pioneer in the field of art education, Cizek developed a concept of artistic expression that, as Marietta... Read full biography
Erika Giovanna Klien was born in 1900, at the dawn of the twentieth century, and was one of the leading figures of Viennese Kineticism, an important avant-garde movement that flourished in Vienna during the 1920s. Klien painted from a young age, but the decisive moment in her life came when she enrolled in Franz Cizek’s Ornamental Art class at the Vienna School of Applied Art in 1919. A pioneer in the field of art education, Cizek developed a concept of artistic expression that, as Marietta Mautner-Markhof wrote: ‘envisaged a combination of the three foundations of modern art – expressionism, cubism and futurism – to make “kinetism”’ (M. Mautner-Markhof, Erika Giovanna Klien (exhibition catalogue), Gemäldegalerie Michael Kovacek, Vienna,... Read full biography
Erika Giovanna Klien was born in 1900, at the dawn of the twentieth century, and was one of the leading figures of Viennese Kineticism, an important avant-garde movement that flourished in Vienna during the 1920s. Klien painted from a young age, but the decisive moment in her life came when she enrolled in Franz Cizek’s Ornamental Art class at the Vienna School of Applied Art in 1919. A pioneer in the field of art education, Cizek developed a concept of artistic expression that, as Marietta Mautner-Markhof wrote: ‘envisaged a combination of the three foundations of modern art – expressionism, cubism and futurism – to make “kinetism”’ (M. Mautner-Markhof, Erika Giovanna Klien (exhibition catalogue), Gemäldegalerie Michael Kovacek, Vienna, 2001, p. 9). His classes followed a tripartite pattern, developing the observation of emotions (expressionism), the study of s... Read full biography
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Erika Giovanna Klien was born in 1900, at the dawn of the twentieth century, and was one of the leading figures of Viennese Kineticism, an important avant-garde movement that flourished in Vienna during the 1920s. Klien painted from a young age, but the decisive moment in her life came when she enrolled in Franz Cizek’s Ornamental Art class at the Vienna School of Applied Art in 1919.
A pioneer in the field of art education, Cizek developed a concept of artistic expression that, as Marietta Mautner-Markhof wrote: ‘envisaged a combination of the three foundations of modern art – expressionism, cubism and futurism – to make “kinetism”’ (M. Mautner-Markhof, Erika Giovanna Klien (exhibition catalogue), Gemäldegalerie Michael...But wait, there's more...
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